Using Property Editors
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Some properties, such as Lines from a TMemo, have special property editors. Such properties appear with an ellipsis mark Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination next to their value when the property is selected in the Object Inspector.
To open the property editor for a given property, do one of the following:
- Double-click the Value column.
- Click the ellipsis Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination in the Value column.
- Press
Ctrl+Enterwhen the focus is on the Property column or the Value column.
Property editors let you set complex properties from a single dialog box. They provide input validation and often let you preview the results of an assignment.
For some components, double-clicking the component on the form opens the component editor. For example:
- For a TFDConnection, the FireDAC Connection Editor opens.
- For a TGrid, the Items Editor opens.