Default Text property in User Control

Default Text property in User Control

• fivefinger

  I tried this in the first place :( , but with no effect.
  
  Text property is set to " ", but after placing on the form it is replaced by control name :( .
  
  

• stefansve

  My code is user control (similiar to yours).
  
  The idea of creating this button is to make help button (thats the reason of constant " " in the text).
  
  In your solution user can't change text if he want but I want to have button with default value with change option, but your idea can be helpfull.
  
  I found another way:
  

• Will Durning

  this code isn't a user control , its a class

  i don't think what you are trying to do is good thing because if your control text always " " that will confuse you if you added 2 controls of the same type anyway

  creat a new class copy and past this code

  class Class1 : System.Windows.Forms.Button { string defaultText = " "; public override string Text { get { return " "; } set { defaultText = value; } } }

  then press ctrl+shift+B , you will find this control in your tool box drag it to your form

  note in get statment you can't change it to variable if you did the instance will take the class name again

  hope this helps

  
  
  

• Phatsuo

  hi,

  user control have some extra code for designer than inhertance from a class, anyway, i don't think you will use the help button 100 times , and its always easy to change the button text , and remember the editor for you not for your client , you can change the text in properties or make a control for that , its handy for you .

  to show this property in properties or to hide it is a different issue has nothing to do with what you want to do

  hope this helps

  
  
  

• Cameron T

  Try this-

  public class ButtonEx : Button

  {

  string m_text;

  public string Text

  {

  get { return m_text; }

  set { m_text = value; }

  }

  public ButtonEx()

  {

  base.Text = " ";

  }

  }

  Hope this helps

  
  
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