Is there a way to detect if the user is editing a property in a property grid?

Question

I have a Windows form (.NET 3.5) that contains a propertygrid control. The propertygrid control gets refreshed periodically do display any changes that may have occurred in the class which it represents. I want the refresh to only occur if the user is not currently editing a property in the grid. Is there a way to detect if the user is currently editing a control?

Answer 1

Yes - it's a little hacky but you can find out which subcontrol of the property grid is active, and make an educated guess based on what it is. The following seems to work:

bool isEditing = (propertyGrid.ActiveControl.GetType().Name != "PropertyGridView");