Disabled Controls in the IDE

[Barry Flynn]

Hi

With VB 2005 and VB 2008, I find I cannot click on a disabled control to
look at its properties - I must select the control from the drop down list
at the top of the Properties Window.
Is that the way it works? Or am I missing something obvious.

Thanks

Barry

 

[Barry Flynn]

Thanks Onur.

On investigating further, it looks like my problem may be with some 3rd
party controls that I use.

Barry

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Hi

With VB 2005 and VB 2008, I find I cannot click on a disabled control to
look at its properties - I must select the control from the drop down list
at the top of the Properties Window.
Is that the way it works? Or am I missing something obvious.

Thanks

Barry

Well, as i tried by disabling(by setting Enabled property to False) a
control such as combobox or other control in VB 2005 Express, when you
click on disabled control, it's properties is accessible through
properties window as expected.

However my suspicion about your question is that you must not remove
or auto-hide properties window on IDE. Make sure your properties
window is visible in VB 2005/08 IDE by default by pressing F4 or
through View -> Properties Window menu.

Hope this helps,

Onur Güzel