Initializing events with initializer syntax

Question

I often want to write something like this:

new Form
{
    Text = \"Caption\",
    Controls =
    {
        new Button { Text = \"Button 1\", Click = (s, e) =         


        

Answer 1

Yep, should be part of the language!

But, here's a tricky workaround that lets you subscribe to events within an initializer list...

public class TestClass
{
    public class MyButton : Button
    {
        public EventHandler ClickSubscriber
        {
            get { return null; }
            set { Click += value; }
        }
    }

    public static void RunTest()
    {
        new Form
            {
                Text = "Caption",

                Controls =
                    {
                        new MyButton 
                            { 
                                ClickSubscriber = (s, e) => 
                                     MessageBox.Show("Button 1 Clicked"), 
                            },
                    },
            };
    }        
}