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Expandable property:
targetting an instance but some of its properties look like they have no child values? The solution relies on the decoration of your properties by a specific attribute.

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Hide some members of an enumeration:
yes this is feasible with .Net 2.0. You just need to use the BrowsableAttribute class on the fields you want to hide.

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Localize the description:
It takes deriving the DescriptionAttribute class and supply your own DescriptionValue property. This is explained by Microsoft in MSDN.

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Turn a string into a password:
Just apply a PasswordPropertyText attribute to your string property and voila!

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.NET matters, ICustomTypeDescriptor, Part 1

Based on a practical example of an autogenerated class that exposes no properties, only public fields, this article explains how the PropertyGrid can be fooled into thinking that each field is actually a property by deriving from ICustomTypeDescriptor and publishing a custom set of properties (PropertyDescriptors). Read more...