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11/18/2011

BrowsableAttribute Class

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Specifies whether a property or event should be displayed in a Properties window.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
System.Attribute
System.ComponentModel.BrowsableAttribute

Namespace: System.ComponentModel
Assembly: System (in System.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.All)> _
Public NotInheritable Class BrowsableAttribute _
    Inherits Attribute

[AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.All)]
public sealed class BrowsableAttribute : Attribute

The BrowsableAttribute type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	BrowsableAttribute	Initializes a new instance of the BrowsableAttribute class.

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Properties

	Name	Description
	Browsable	Gets a value indicating whether an object is browsable.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	Equals	Indicates whether this instance and a specified object are equal. (Overrides Attribute.Equals(Object).)
	Finalize	Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetHashCode	Returns the hash code for this instance. (Overrides Attribute.GetHashCode().)
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	Match	When overridden in a derived class, returns a value that indicates whether this instance equals a specified object. (Inherited from Attribute.)
	MemberwiseClone	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	ToString	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)

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Fields

	Name	Description
	Default	Specifies the default value for the BrowsableAttribute, which is Yes. This static field is read-only.
	No	Specifies that a property or event cannot be modified at design time. This static field is read-only.
	Yes	Specifies that a property or event can be modified at design time. This static field is read-only.

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Remarks

A visual designer typically displays in the Properties window those members that either have no browsable attribute or are marked with the BrowsableAttribute constructor's browsable parameter set to true. These members can be modified at design time. Members marked with the BrowsableAttribute constructor's browsable parameter set to false are not appropriate for design-time editing and therefore are not displayed in a visual designer. The default is true.

Note:
When you mark a property with Browsable(true), the value of this attribute is set to the constant member Yes. For a property marked with Browsable(false), the value is No. Therefore, when you check the value of this attribute in your code, you must specify the attribute as BrowsableAttribute.Yes or BrowsableAttribute.No.

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4

Silverlight for Windows Phone

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.