How do I select the first item in the property grid so description shows up

[Martin Hamilton]

I have a property grid with numerous groups.

How do I cause the first item within the first group to be selected so that the Description box is populated with the 'description' for that first item?

[Dess | Tech Support Engineer, Principal]

Hello Martin,

Thank you for writing.

In order to select a specific item from RadPropertyGrid, you can access it in the GridItems collection of the group and set the Selected property to true:

public Form1()
{
    InitializeComponent();
    this.radPropertyGrid1.SelectedObject = this;
    radPropertyGrid1.PropertySort = PropertySort.CategorizedAlphabetical;
    radPropertyGrid1.SortOrder = SortOrder.Descending;
    this.radPropertyGrid1.Groups[0].GridItems[0].Selected = true;
}

I hope this information helps. Should you have further questions I would be glad to help.

Regards,
Dess
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