Applying Design-Time Attributes to a Control

Design-time attributes enable you to modify how control properties appear in Design view. Some attributes are applied to the control itself, whereas other attributes are applied to particular properties of a control.

Here is the list of the design-time attributes you can apply to a control:

DefaultEvent Enables you to specify the default event for a control. When you double-click a control in Visual Web Developer or Visual Studio .NET, an event handler is automatically created for the default event.

DefaultProperty Enables you to specify the default property for a control. When you open the Property window for a control, this property is highlighted by default.

PersistChildren Enables you ...

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