Some properties may be visible in the designer, but should not be serialized. Alternatively, you may need to serialize the Content of the property rather than its value (as might be the case with a collection class). In these circumstances, you should adorn the property with this attribute.

The standard visibility options are presented through the static Content, Hidden, and Visible members. The default is Visible. You can also determine the Visibility encapsulated in the attribute.

public sealed class DesignerSerializationVisibilityAttribute : Attribute {
// Public Constructors
   public DesignerSerializationVisibilityAttribute(DesignerSerializationVisibility visibility);
// Public Static Fields
   public static readonly DesignerSerializationVisibilityAttribute Content;  // =System.ComponentModel.DesignerSerializationVisibilityAttribute
   public static readonly DesignerSerializationVisibilityAttribute Default;  // =System.ComponentModel.DesignerSerializationVisibilityAttribute
   public static readonly DesignerSerializationVisibilityAttribute Hidden;  // =System.ComponentModel.DesignerSerializationVisibilityAttribute
   public static readonly DesignerSerializationVisibilityAttribute Visible;  // =System.ComponentModel.DesignerSerializationVisibilityAttribute
// Public Instance Properties
   public DesignerSerializationVisibility Visibility{get; }
// Public Instance Methods
   public override bool Equals(object obj);  // overrides Attribute
   public override int GetHashCode();  // overrides Attribute
   public override bool IsDefaultAttribute();  // overrides Attribute
}

Hierarchy

System.Object System.Attribute DesignerSerializationVisibilityAttribute

Valid On

Method, Property