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Marion

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Add comments to properties
« on: May 06, 2023, 05:46:03 am »
I am writing a custom component. In the IDE, some component properties display a description at the bottom of the Object Inspector. I'm trying to figure out how to do that in my component but I can't find anything on it.
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Re: Add comments to properties
« Reply #1 on: May 06, 2023, 06:12:58 am »
It's taken from file ..lazarus/doc/xml/lcl/controls.xml and it's done with FPDoc Editor which is part of IDE (menu View). You can do it for your package too.
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Re: Add comments to properties
« Reply #2 on: May 06, 2023, 03:17:17 pm »
Write description as comment, one line above the property/method declaration in your unit.
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Re: Add comments to properties
« Reply #3 on: May 06, 2023, 03:31:17 pm »
Those comments one line above appear as a hint when you hover the identifier in Source Editor. I'm just not sure if they also appear in Object Inspector.
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Re: Add comments to properties
« Reply #4 on: May 08, 2023, 10:57:13 pm »
Write description as comment, one line above the property/method declaration in your unit.

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Marion
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