>that's what I do now, I'm looking into IExtenderProvider to see if there is a way I can tap in to the IDE's brain !, take care

Hi Peter,

You may want to take a look at this link:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/9k9st93e.aspx

There is a section on Extending a Designer that gives an example of creating a subclass of the designer (for a label), and then using a design attribute to register it