CLX Design Editors

Design editors for CLX components are implemented in exactly the same way they are for VCL components. However, there are few changes that you must be aware of. The most significant is that the units that implement the base design-time functionality have been broken up and placed into new units. Specifically, the DsgnIntf unit has been renamed to DesignIntf. In most cases, you will also need to add the new DesignEditors unit to your uses clause. The DesignIntf unit defines the interfaces used by the Form Designer and Object Inspector. The DesignEditors unit implements the basic property editor and component editor classes.

Unfortunately, not all the design-time features of the VCL have made it over into CLX. For example, owner-draw ...

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