Property 

Description 

Active 

Switches target component between design and run-time modes 

AllowComponents 

Specifies whether nonvisual components will be displayed in design mode 

AutoAlign 

Specifies using of align rulers. 

BDSStyle 

Specifies using of BDS style design environment. 

CaptionFont 

Controls the text attributes of non-visual components captions. 

CloseDisactive 

Specifies if TzCustomFormDesigner automatically deactivates when Target Form is to be closed. 

DesignSurface 

Specifies design surface. 

DisplayControlGrid 

Specifies whether designer has to paint grid over window controls that can accept controls. 

DisplayGrid 

Determines whether dots are drawn on the Target form. 

DragParentLimit 

Specifies whether drag mouse movement should be clipped by parent's client area. 

FlatIcons 

Determines whether the non-visual component icons has a 3D border or not. 

GridStepX 

Specifies grid step, in pixels, along X-axis 

GridStepY 

Specifies grid step, in pixels, along Y-axis 

GuidelinesStyle 

Specifies guidelines options. 

IgnoreReadErrors 

Specifies whether read errors should be ignored when loading using LoadFromFile and LoadFromStream methods. 

LockControls 

Specifies if user can directly change size and position of controls by mouse. 

LockPublished 

Specifies if editing operation are forbidden by default 

MultiSelect 

Determines whether the user can select more than one control at a time. 

OnActiveChanged 

Occurs when the Active property of the TzCustomFormDesigner changes 

OnCanDelete 

Occurs before deleting selected component. 

OnCanEdit 

Occurs to determine whether Edit method of component editor can be called. 

OnCanInsert 

Occurs before inserting new component. 

OnCanMove 

Occurs before moving selected component. 

OnCanRename 

Occurs before renaming component. 

OnCanResize 

Occurs before resizing selected component. 

OnCanSelect 

Occurs before selecting component. 

OnCreateComponent 

Occurs before new component creation. 

OnCreateFrame 

Occurs when frame is to be inserted on the form. 

OnCreateIcon 

Occurs before creating icon for non-visual component. 

OnCreateMethod 

Occurs when new method name is input in object inspector. 

OnDragDrop 

Occurs when the user drops an object being dragged. 

OnDragOver 

Occurs when the user drags an object over a control. 

OnDrawControl 

Occurs when painting any control on the form. Use this event to draw over control. 

OnExecuteAction 

Occurs when ExecuteAction method is called. Use it to handle standard shared actions for currently active designer. 

OnFormClosed 

Occurs immediately after hiding the Target form . 

OnGetComponentHint 

Occurs when the application is about to display the hint window for the particular component. 

OnGetComponentLocked 

Occurs to determine whether component is locked. 

OnGetMethodNames 

Occurs when method property editor requests designer for possible method names. 

OnGetObjectName 

Occurs at the end of GetObjectName method to adjust resulting name. 

OnGetScriptProc 

Occurs when method property editor ask for script procedure name associated with a given property. 

OnHandleControlMessage 

Occurs on any message sent to managed controls. 

OnKeyDown 

Occurs only at design mode when user presses down any key. 

OnKeyPress 

Occurs only at design mode when key pressed. 

OnKeyUp 

Occurs only at design mode when user releases key that has been pressed. 

OnMouseDown 

Occurs only at design mode when user presses mouse button. 

OnMouseMove 

Occurs only at design mode when user moves mouse. 

OnMouseUp 

Occurs only at design mode when user releases mouse button. 

OnNotification 

Occurs when components are added or removed to/from Root object at design mode. 

OnPopUndo 

Occurs when restoring Target from undo buffer. 

OnPushUndo 

Occurs when saving Target to undo buffer. 

OnRenameMethod 

Occurs when name of method is changed in object inspector. 

OnSetNewName 

Occurs when assigning name to newly inserted component (created or pasted). 

OnSetScriptProc 

Occurs when method property editor assigns script procedure to the event. 

OnShowMethod 

Occurs when user double clicks on the procedure in the object inspector. 

OnUpdateAction 

Occurs when UpdateAction method is called. Use it to handle standard shared actions for currently active designer. 

OnValidateMethod 

Occurs to validate method. 

PopupMenu 

Identifies the pop-up menu associated with the Root control of the Designer. 

PopupMenuFilter 

Specifies which categories of items may be used to form default popup menu. 

ReadOnly 

Set Read Only mode. 

SelMarker 

Selection markers manager. 

ShowCaptions 

Specifies whether non-visual component icons captions are visible. 

ShowHints 

Specifies showing of design hints. 

SnapToGrid 

Automatically aligns components on the form with the nearest gridline. You cannot place a component "in between" gridlines. 

StoreEvents 

Specifies whether designer should process events storage. 

TabOrderIcons 

Properties of tab order icons. These controls are shown over children control when designer is in "Show Tab Order" mode. 

Target 

Specifies object that is edited by the designer. 

TextEditMode 

Sets in-place text editing mode of designer. 

UndoLimit 

Specifies the number of changes that can be undone. 

 

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