Baseline snaplines in custom Winforms controls

Question

I have a custom user control with a textbox on it and I\'d like to expose the baseline (of the text in the textbox) snapline outside of the custom control. I know that you

Answer 1

VB.Net Version:
Note: you have to change the txtDescription to the Textbox or another internal control name that you use. and ctlUserControl to your usercontrol name

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Partial Public Class ctlUserControl
   '... 
   'Your Usercontrol class specific code
   '... 
    Class MyCustomDesigner
        Inherits ControlDesigner
        Public Overloads Overrides ReadOnly Property SnapLines() As IList
            Get
                ' Code from above 

                Dim lines As IList = MyBase.SnapLines

                ' *** This will need to be modified to match your user control
                Dim control__1 As ctlUserControl = TryCast(Me.Control, ctlUserControl)
                If control__1 Is Nothing Then Return lines

                ' *** This will need to be modified to match the item in your user control
                ' This is the control in your UC that you want SnapLines for the entire UC
                Dim designer As IDesigner = TypeDescriptor.CreateDesigner(control__1.txtDescription, GetType(IDesigner))
                If designer Is Nothing Then
                    Return lines
                End If

                ' *** This will need to be modified to match the item in your user control
                designer.Initialize(control__1.txtDescription)

                Using designer
                    Dim boxDesigner As ControlDesigner = TryCast(designer, ControlDesigner)
                    If boxDesigner Is Nothing Then
                        Return lines
                    End If

                    For Each line As SnapLine In boxDesigner.SnapLines
                        If line.SnapLineType = SnapLineType.Baseline Then
                            ' *** This will need to be modified to match the item in your user control
                            lines.Add(New SnapLine(SnapLineType.Baseline, line.Offset + control__1.txtDescription.Top, line.Filter, line.Priority))
                            Exit For
                        End If
                    Next
                End Using

                Return lines
            End Get
        End Property
    End Class

End Class