How to access inherited controls in the winforms designer

Question

I\'m making some controls which all have to share the same look and some common behavior, although they are meant for different kind of inputs. So I made a BaseClass which i

Answer 1

Try making a ParentControlDesigner for your control, overriding InternalControlDesigner, and returning (designerHost.GetDesigner(tableLayoutPanel) as ControlDesigner). designerHost is (IDesignerHost) component.Site.GetService(typeof(IDesignerHost)).