Smart PropertyGrid.MFC

General

Data hierarchy

Categories, subcategories and properties are shown as they are created, i.e. in a tree hierarchy. They can also be displayed as a flat list, sorted or not.

Toolbar area

An optional toolbar can be displayed at the top of the control so that the user can switch between categorized and flat modes.

Comment area

Below the PropertyGrid, an area can display an optional comment related to the currently selected property or category.

Easy filling

Building the content of the PropertyGrid is easy: append, insert, remove, clear. Then, just set some settings to your properties.

Built-in property types

All basic types are covered from a simple integer to a date or time.

Built-in property feels

Each property type can be edited with the inplace control you choose.

Built-in property looks

A property look class can be applied to any property value to display it in a custom way.

Multi-selection

A unique feature that allows complex selection of multiple properties.

The string concept

Each property type has an underlying string representation and this has a lot of advantages, internally but also for you.

Links to your variables

Easily add the PropertyGrid to an existing application by linking each property directly to your variables. When starting from scratch, this is also very handy to decouple the control from your data.

Restricted values

Constraints can be attached to values. This is a generic concept that allows to create listboxes, radio buttons, ... anything that displays a list of choices.

Grouped properties

Display complex properties as a group with a master property. And this is not only for an "X; Y" value here ... It is far more powerful.

Variable height properties

A property can span across several rows. The first implementation of this nice feature is for radio buttons.

Show/hide items

Properties and categories can selectively be shown or hidden. This is of course recursive when applied to a category.

Enable/disable items

Properties and categories can selectively be enabled or disabled. This is of course recursive when applied to a category.

Label icons

Add an icon in front of an item label for a professional touch. More than 16 colors is of course supported.

Lots of notifications

Be notified by every important event generated by the PropertyGrid.

Columns resizing

Move the column separation for improved visibility or automatically best fit the labels column.

Tooltips

Property values use inplace tooltips when their text is truncated.

Navigation

Full keyboard management

The control is fully workable with the keyboard and it uses normalized keys.

Mouse wheel

Simply scroll vertically the content of the PropertyGrid with the mouse wheel.

Iterators for navigation

Simple use of iterators (a la STL) to parse the tree (parent, children, sibling items, visible or not).

Appearance

Built-in styles

You can choose between a classic and .NET style for the general appearance of the PropertyGrid.

XP themes

Full support of XP themes for inplace controls.

Customizations

User property types

The frameword makes it easy to add your own data types.

Appearance customization

Almost all drawing operations can be customized for specific client behaviours.

Property looks

Customize the appearance of a property value with a "Look" class.

Property feels

Customize the way the user can edit a value with a "feel" class.