Hi Trapulo,

I have reviewed your post, I will reply to you ASAP. Thanks for your
understanding.

Best regards,
Jeffrey Tan
Microsoft Online Partner Support

Hi Brett,

Sorry for letting you wait for so long time.

I am not very sure of your meaning of " the order the categories first
appear in the list of fields", what is "the list of fields"? Category is
specified through CategoryAttribute, so it will has nothing to do with the
properties order.

PropertyGrid is a highly customized control, and it did not expose the
function for us to specify the category order, it will always show it in
alphabetic order.

Also, can you show me your main concern of this issue? Do you just want  
some properties to be placed in different order?

At last, there is a trick of change the category order using invisible
characters, like this:
private int m_prop1;
private int m_prop2;
private int m_prop3;

[Category("\t\tZ First Category")]
public int Prop1
{
    get
    {
        return m_prop1;
    }
}

[Category("\tT Second Category")]
public int Prop2
{
    get
    {
        return m_prop2;
    }
}

[Category("Third Category")]
public int Prop3
{
    get
    {
        return m_prop3;
    }
}

When you view this component in property browser, you will see "Z First
Category" as the first category, because of the "/t" characters. But this
will not change the entire propertygrid's behavior.

Thank you for your patience and cooperation. If you have any questions or
concerns, please feel free to post it in the group. I am standing by to be
of assistance.

Best regards,
Jeffrey Tan
Microsoft Online Partner Support