Configuring Visual Appearance (xamPropertyGrid)

Topic Overview

This topic explains how to configure some general control options.

The following topics are prerequisites to understanding this topic:

Topic	Purpose
Features Overview (xamPropertyGrid)	This topic explains the features supported by the control from developer perspective.
Visual Elements (xamPropertyGrid)	This topic provides an overview of the visual elements of the control.

This topic contains the following sections:

The following table explains briefly the configurable aspects of the xamPropertyGrid control and maps them to the properties that configure them.

Configurable aspect	Details	Properties
Show/hide filter area	Show or hide the control’s filter area.	FilterAreaVisibility
Show/hide description area	Show or hide the control’s description area.	DescriptionAreaVisibility
Set name column width	Sets the width of the property name column.	NameColumnWidth
Change how the property list is sorted/grouped.	Set `IsCategorized` to `true` to group properties by category or to `false` to display them ungrouped and sorted alphabetically.	IsCategorized

The following topics provide additional information related to this topic.

Topic	Purpose
Configuring Editors Definitions (xamPropertyGrid)	This topic explains how to customize the editors used for editing the properties’ values.
Properties List Filtering (xamPropertyGrid)	This topic explains how to configure the filtering of the control’s properties list.
Properties List Sorting (xamPropertyGrid)	This topic explains how to provide logic for custom sorting of the properties list.
Configuring Template Selector for Editor Definitions (xamPropertyGrid)	This topic explains how create custom logic for assigning editing template on an editor definition.