The System.ComponentModel.Design.IInheritanceService uses this attribute to follow the hierarchy of components in the designer.

You can use this attribute to specify the InheritanceLevel of the property that it adorns. Note that this inheritance does not mean class-level inheritance, but rather that one Component exposes another Component through a public property.

public sealed class InheritanceAttribute : Attribute {
// Public Constructors
   public InheritanceAttribute();
   public InheritanceAttribute(InheritanceLevel inheritanceLevel);
// Public Static Fields
   public static readonly InheritanceAttribute Default;  // =NotInherited
   public static readonly InheritanceAttribute Inherited;  // =Inherited
// =InheritedReadOnly
 public static readonly InheritanceAttribute InheritedReadOnly;
   public static readonly InheritanceAttribute NotInherited;  // =NotInherited
// Public Instance Properties
   public InheritanceLevel InheritanceLevel{get; }
// Public Instance Methods
   public override bool Equals(object value);  // overrides Attribute
   public override int GetHashCode();  // overrides Attribute
   public override bool IsDefaultAttribute();  // overrides Attribute
   public override string ToString();  // overrides object
}

Hierarchy

System.Object System.Attribute InheritanceAttribute

Valid On

Property, Field, Event