PropertyGrid - Searchbox support for finding child properties (within ExpandableObjects)

[kcris]

Hi

@XceedBoucherS PropertyGrid allows displaying expandable objects with their own childs. But the SearchBox only finds top-level properties (tried v3.8.2.0 and 4.0.0.0). Is there a way to scan all properties and find any child, at any depth? I could not find such an option in the docs

Thanks

[XceedBoucherS]

Hello, Sorry for the long delay, I just tested Toolkit v4.0.0 from NuGet for a PropertyGrid with some properties containing subProperties. The searchbox returned the expected searched properties, even the ones from sub-properties. Upon starting the sample, I type in the searchBox a sub-property name, like "street". Here's my sample:

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` public partial class MainWindow : Window { public MainWindow() { InitializeComponent();

  this.DataContext = new Player()
  {
    Info = new PlayerInfo() { FirstName = "Carey", LastName = "Price", Address = new Address() { City = "Mtl", Street = "Main" } },
    Age = 34
  };
}

}

public class Player { [ExpandableObject()] public PlayerInfo Info { get; set; }

public int Age
{
  get;
  set;
}

}

public class PlayerInfo { public string FirstName { get; set; }

public string LastName
{
  get;
  set;
}

[ExpandableObject()]
public Address Address
{
  get;
  set;
}

}

public class Address { public string Street { get; set; }

public string City
{
  get;
  set;
}

}`

[kcris]

Hi, Here are my toplevel options and a few childs of my first entry

as soon as I type re ... I will only see the toplevel options containing re and none of those child items

So, the same use case is working for you?

Thanks @XceedBoucherS

[XceedBoucherS]

Hi, Can you submit a sample showing the issue. I'm curious to see the differences between your version and my test. Thank you.

[kcris]

Hi,

here is a sample WpfApp2.zip

Thank you @XceedBoucherS

[XceedBoucherS]

Hello,

I have tried your sample with VS2019/VS2022. I took Xceed.Products.Wpf.Toolkit.Base v4.2 from NuGet. Since you have a .NET5 app, it must use the .NET5 version of the Toolkit which is available in "Xceed.Products.Wpf.Toolkit.Base" but not in "Extended.Wpf.Toolkit" which is the free OpenSource version.

As a result, when I type "Chi" in the searchBox, I can see the 2 Childs properties: I also tried with Xceed.Products.Wpf.Toolkit.Base" v4.0 and it worked again.

Thank you

[kcris]

Yes, I used the Extended version for the sample, but that was a mistake. What I really need is the free/opensource version. Can you please run the test with that version? Thanks

[XceedBoucherS]

Hi,

I've created a new .NET Framework app (not .NET5), so I could use the OpenSource "Extended.Wpf.Toolkit" version. I downloaded it from NuGet : v4.2. I then updated the MainWindows.xaml and MainWindow.xaml.cs and added your ViewModel.cs.

The result is that sub-properties are not displayed when searching with the searchBox, like you found.

Conclusion : search of sub-properties are only part of the Plus version. You will need to the Plus version in order to have this feature. The openSource version search only for top level properties.