How to set Order categories of custom toolpart

Question

I Created Custom WebPart Property for SharePoint Visual WebPart with this code (here - full code)

[WebBrowsable(true),
WebDisplayName("Project ID"), 
Personalizable(PersonalizationScope.Shared),
Category("Project Settings")]
public string projectID { get; set; }

the result is this

but, I want my custom propertis display in first of categories. like this

I know can use custome EditorPart (editorPart - code), but it's Requires me to customize each control...

someone know how do to it

Answer 1

You can customize the appearance of your properties in the tool pane by doing the following:

• Expanding and collapsing specific categories when the pane opens. Use the Expand method of either the WebPartToolPart or CustomPropertyToolpart class to expand selected categories.
• Hiding base class properties. Use the Hide method of the WebPartToolPart class to hide selected properties.
• Controlling the order of tool parts within a tool pane. (this what you need !)

To controlling the order of tool parts within a tool pane as you want, you should retrieve the tool pane in the array passed to the GetToolParts method of the WebPart class. as something like this code:

public override Microsoft.SharePoint.WebPartPages.ToolPart[] GetToolParts()
        { 
            //A 3 elements array to hold 3 properties pane in the toolpart
            Microsoft.SharePoint.WebPartPages.ToolPart[] allToolParts = new Microsoft.SharePoint.WebPartPages.ToolPart[3];

                //Toolpart for Default properties for every webpart
                Microsoft.SharePoint.WebPartPages.WebPartToolPart standardToolPart = new Microsoft.SharePoint.WebPartPages.WebPartToolPart();
                //Toolpart for Custom properties for every webpart
                Microsoft.SharePoint.WebPartPages.CustomPropertyToolPart customToolParts = new Microsoft.SharePoint.WebPartPages.CustomPropertyToolPart();
                allToolParts[0] = standardToolPart;
                allToolParts[1] = customToolParts;
                //our custom toolpart
                allToolParts[2] = new CustomToolPart();
                return allToolParts;

        }

• Check full example Creating a Custom ToolPart for a Custom Web Part
• See also Creating a Web Part with a Custom Tool Part
• Ref : Best Practices for Developing Web Parts for SharePoint Products and Technologies