DesignSurface Class

Definition

public ref class DesignSurface : IDisposable, IServiceProvider

public class DesignSurface : IDisposable, IServiceProvider

[System.Security.SecurityCritical]
public class DesignSurface : IDisposable, IServiceProvider

type DesignSurface = class
    interface IDisposable
    interface IServiceProvider

[<System.Security.SecurityCritical>]
type DesignSurface = class
    interface IDisposable
    interface IServiceProvider

Public Class DesignSurface
Implements IDisposable, IServiceProvider

Inheritance

Object

DesignSurface

Attributes

SecurityCriticalAttribute

Implements

IDisposable IServiceProvider

Remarks

The DesignSurface class implements what the user perceives as a designer. DesignSurface is the user interface the user manipulates to change design-time features. DesignSurface provides a completely self-contained design surface.

The DesignSurface class may be used as a stand-alone designer, or it may be coupled with the DesignSurfaceManager class to provide a common implementation for an application that hosts multiple DesignSurface objects.

The DesignSurface class can be used by itself, or the user can derive a new class from it and augment the behavior.

The DesignSurface class provides several design-time services automatically. The DesignSurface class adds all of its services in its constructor. Most of these services can be overridden by replacing them in the protected ServiceContainer property. To replace a service, override the constructor, call base, and make any changes through the protected ServiceContainer property. All services that are added to the service container and that implement IDisposable are disposed when the design surface is disposed. The default set of replaceable services that the DesignSurface class provides is shown in the following table.

The following table shows the non-replaceable services provided by default.