Incorrect & Missing Member Descriptions in Object Browser & Properties Panel

There are a large number of incorrect or missing Member descriptions in the Object Browser and the Properties Panel. The description of a Member can be observed either by:

  • Opening the Object Browser, selecting a class, selecting a member, and then observing the ‘Summary’ section in the lower right:

  • Selecting an object in the Explorer and then hovering the mouse over a property name in the Properties panel:

More information on this can be found in a separate document I have created which also contains my progress so far on a detailed list of the issues. It can be accessed with the link below:

I estimate that I am around 10% of the way through documenting the issues. Before devoting any more time to this, it would be useful to hear some staff feedback on whether these are likely to be fixed or whether the Object Browser / Properties hover text is headed for deprecation.

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