PropertyGrid: CheckBoxList Editor

You may want to add a checkboxlist to your property grid. If you do then the below code is what you will need to create the editor.

Build the CheckBox List Editor

 public class CheckBoxListEditor : System.Drawing.Design.UITypeEditor
{
      private IWindowsFormsEditorService es = null;
      
      public override UITypeEditorEditStyle GetEditStyle(System.ComponentModel.ITypeDescriptorContext context)
      {
            return UITypeEditorEditStyle.DropDown;
      }
 
      public override object EditValue(ITypeDescriptorContext context, IServiceProvider provider, object value)
      {
            if (provider != null)
            {
                  // This service is in charge of popping our ListBox.
                  es = ((IWindowsFormsEditorService)provider.GetService(typeof(IWindowsFormsEditorService)));
 
                  if (es != null && value is CheckBoxList)
                  {
                        var property = (CheckBoxList)value;
                        var cl = new CheckedListBox();
                        cl.CheckOnClick = true;
 
                        Dictionary<String, Boolean> vals = new Dictionary<string, bool>();
 
                        foreach (KeyValuePair<String, Boolean> kvp in property.Values)
                        {
                              vals[kvp.Key] = kvp.Value;
                              cl.Items.Add(kvp.Key, kvp.Value);
                        }
 
                        // Drop the list control.
                        es.DropDownControl(cl);
 
                        if (cl.SelectedItem != null )
                        {
                              vals[cl.SelectedItem.ToString()] = !vals[cl.SelectedItem.ToString()];
                              property.Values = vals;
                              property.SelectedItem = String.Join(", ", (from v in vals where v.Value == true select v.Key).ToList());
                              value = property;
                        }
                  }
            }
 
            return value;
      }
}