Steven Moore

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How Do You Hide a Standard Property at Design Time?

Mar 11 2014 5:23 AM
Hi,

I'm experienced in using VB.net and have decided to teach myself C#.
I'm getting some of the basics but I've come across something that has stumped me.

How do you hide a property in the property window and intellisense at design time?

I've come across a few sites that have suggested different methods but none seem to work correctly.

The property that I'm trying to hide in this instance is the BorderStyle property of a UserControl.

I have tried adding a BorderStyle property that is Private and it still shows, but sets the BorderStyle to none.
private new BorderStyle BorderStyle { get; set; }

I have tried setting this property so that it isn't browsable, but it still shows and sets the BorderStyle to none again.
[Browsable(false)]
private new BorderStyle BorderStyle { get; set; }

I've even tried to set it as EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never) but I get the same results.
[Browsable(false), EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never)]
private new BorderStyle BorderStyle { get; set; }

I want it to be as though the BorderStyle property doesn't exist but the control needs to keep it's border.

Any help would be much appreciated!

Thanks