EditorAttribute with type name (string) rather than System.Type

[Guy]

The EditorAttribute of the PropertyGrid currently requires the control type to be available for the class defining the attribute. In the original .NET Property Grid, the EditorAttribute supported a constructor with a string which allowed the type to be resolved at runtime rather than compile time. The TypeConverter attribute also has this type name signature available. This is particularly useful when architecting a solution where the model libraries shouldn't reference the views.

The functionality could be added with a simple constructor signature like this:

public EditorAttribute(string editorTypeName)
    this(Type.GetType(editorTypeName)
{
}

 

[Martin]

Hello Guy,

Thank you for getting back to us! We always appreciate customers feedback related to our components. For that reason, I have logged your suggestion as a feature request in our PITS System. You may track its progress following this link.

Regards,
Martin Vatev
Telerik by Progress