Note sure. There usually isn't a trick. The designer will show all public properties of your class, unless you tell it not to. So, unless the base class is messing with things, you should be able to see the property in the designer. I usually have issues of it not showing what I want it to show (defaults not setup, editor not setup right, type converters messed up, etc.), but the property is usually there.



Just to check, you do mean that the properties are not accessible when you drop the control on a form right? Because, they won't be if you mean the designer of the control itself. Only the base class properties (and below) are available there.

Interesting. I'll go back to my original plan. Thanks for your help!!