Question

I declared a custom property “Padding”

    Public Overloads Property Padding() As Padding
    Get
        Return (pad)
    End Get
    Set(ByVal Value As Padding)
        pad = Value
        RecalculateCharacterSize()
        Me.Refresh() 
    End Set
End Property

and works at design time. But when I run the form, this property is reset to 0 and when come back in design editor is also zero. There is a conflict with originally “Padding” property name because if I change to “Padding2” works fine (and I can change my name) but the originally name fits best 🙂

Thanks very much for suggestions, I’m sure there is something stupid here

PS. I decored with those but still nothing works

<EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Always), Browsable(True), Bindable(True), _
DesignerSerializationVisibility(DesignerSerializationVisibility.Visible)> _

any thoughts ?

Answer 1

If you are just trying to add to the existing Padding Property try something like this.

Public Shadows Property Padding() As Padding
    Get
        Return (MyBase.Padding)

    End Get
    Set(ByVal Value As Padding)
        MyBase.Padding = Value
        pad = Value
        RecalculateCharacterSize()
        Me.Refresh()
    End Set
End Property