# Design-Time Support

## Content



GanttView for WinForms provides you with a variety of design time options that enables you to create interactive applications without having to code anything. In addition to customized context menus and smart tags, it also provides a designer that offers rich design-time support to simplify working with the object model. At the same time, the **GanttView** provides a variety of collection editors like **C1GanttView BarStyles Collection Editor** and **C1GanttView Task Collection Editor** that allows you to apply properties to GanttView elements at the design time.<br />This section discusses various design-time options available in the GanttView control.

| Topic | Snapshot | Content |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Context Menu |   ![](https://cdn.mescius.io/document-site-files/images/7e40233e-00f6-4cd8-af13-0764ef4e9235/images/contextmenu_snapshot.png)     | Discusses about the menu that appears on right-clicking on the grid.<ul><li>Edit Columns</li><li>Edit Calendars</li><li>Edit Tasks</li><li>Edit Bar Styles</li><li>Edit Resources</li><li>Load from XML File</li><li>Save as XML File</li></ul> |
| Collection Editors |   ![](https://cdn.mescius.io/document-site-files/images/7e40233e-00f6-4cd8-af13-0764ef4e9235/images/croppedtaskeditor.gif)     | Discusses about various editors.<ul><li>C1GanttView BarStyles Collection Editor</li><li>C1GanttView Columns Collection Editor</li><li>C1GanttView CustomCalendars Collection Editor</li><li>C1GanttView CustomCalendar Exception Collection Editor</li><li>C1GanttView CustomCalendar WorkWeek Collection Editor</li><li>C1GanttView Resources Collection Editor</li><li>C1GanttView Task Collection Editor</li></ul> |
| Smart Tags |   ![](https://cdn.mescius.io/document-site-files/images/7e40233e-00f6-4cd8-af13-0764ef4e9235/images/samrttag_snapshot.png)     | Discusses about various options available in smart tag.<ul><li>C1GanttView Tasks</li></ul> |