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Custom Designer Problem - Customise the resize handle arround a user control

Hello everybody,

I have a custom control in a designer and im trying to modify the thing that appears arround a selected control when in a designer. Problem is that I am unsure of the real name of what it is making searching for a answer alot more difficault. So my question is:

What is the name of the dotted grey line with larger white circles that appears arround a control when selected in Visual Studio?

Thanks,

Jamie

jamjam Monday, August 04, 2008 1:10 PM

Hi,

Those are 'glyphs' and are added via the GetGlyphs method on the ControlDesigner. Check out http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.design.controldesigner.getglyphs(VS.80).aspx

You need to provide your own ControlDesigner for your custom control and then override this method.

Hope this helps.

Martin

Martin Thorsen - MSFT Monday, August 04, 2008 8:00 PM

Hi,

Those are 'glyphs' and are added via the GetGlyphs method on the ControlDesigner. Check out http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.design.controldesigner.getglyphs(VS.80).aspx

You need to provide your own ControlDesigner for your custom control and then override this method.

Hope this helps.

Martin