Question

I define item in propertygrid. My code is here :

[DisplayName("Title of book"), CategoryAttribute("Books")]
public string BookName{ get; set; }

With this code , I can get Labele and value of this item from propertygrid(for this example : Title of book and value of it (for example) Learning C#):

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    GridItem gi = propertyGrid1.SelectedGridItem;
    while (gi.Parent != null)
    {
        gi = gi.Parent;
    }
    foreach (GridItem item in gi.GridItems)
    {
        ParseGridItems(item); //recursive
    }
}

private void ParseGridItems(GridItem gi)
{
    if (gi.GridItemType == GridItemType.Category)
    {
        foreach (GridItem item in gi.GridItems)
        {
            ParseGridItems(item);
        }
    }
    textBox1.Text += "Lable : "+gi.Label + "\r\n";
    if(gi.Value != null)
        textBox1.Text += "Value : " + gi.Value.ToString() + "\r\n";
}

How can I get the item name ? for this example : BookName

Answer 1

Use GridItem.PropertyDescriptor property:

var propertyName = propertyGrid1.SelectedGridItem.PropertyDescriptor.Name;