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Is there an attribute I can add to a class so it will be edited as code, not in the designer?

Class with System.ComponentModel.Component on their inheritance path are automatically treated as "components" within Visual Studio (2008), triggering a different icon for the source file:

While the icon does not really matter, the changed double click behavior is really annoying: instead of opening the source code in the text editor, Visual Studio now shows a screen encouraging me to add components to my class by dragging them "from the Toolbox". I do not want to do that!

I am aware that I can right click the source file and choose "View Code", but whenever I forget to do this, I am stuck waiting for a dialog which is absolutely useless. Is there any way to disable the component behavior (preferably in the source code)?

Answer 1

Can’t you use the DesignerCategory attribute to decorate your class ?

When decorating your class with this attribute like displayed below, the file should open in ‘code view’ when you double click it:

[System.ComponentModel.DesignerCategory("Code")]
public class MyComponent
{
}