Adding Dropdown to Sharepoint Webpart Properties

Adding Dropdown to Sharepoint Webpart Properties

Create a Webpart and add custopm property
[WebBrowsable(false), Personalizable(PersonalizationScope.Shared)]
public string SearchPath
{
get { return _searchPath; }
set { _searchPath = value; }
}


Create a class and extend it from ToolPart

protected override void CreateChildControls()
{
webpart = this.WebPartToEdit as WebpartClass;
toolPanel = new Panel();
toolPanel.CssClass = "ms-ToolPartSpacing";
toolPanel.Controls.Add(GetToolPanel());
this.Controls.Add(toolPanel);
base.CreateChildControls();
}

public override void ApplyChanges()
{
webpart = this.WebPartToEdit as WebpartClass;
webpart.SearchPath = ddl.SelectedValue;
base.ApplyChanges();
}


Other functions in the extended class of ToolPart
private Control GetToolPanel()
{
toolPanelTable = new Table();
toolPanelTable.CellPadding = 0;
toolPanelTable.CellSpacing = 0;
toolPanelTable.Style["border-collapse"] = "collapse";
toolPanelTable.Attributes.Add("width", "100%");
toolPanelTable.Rows.Add(GetUseDropDown());
toolPanelTable.Rows.Add(GetSeperatorRow());
return toolPanelTable;
}
private TableRow GetUseDropDown()
{
TableRow row = new TableRow();
TableCell cell = new TableCell();
cell.Controls.Add(new LiteralControl("<div ><b>DropDownName</b></div>"));
cell.Controls.Add(new LiteralControl("<div ><div <nobr>"));
ddl = RecursiveParse(); //return the Dropdown List
cell.Controls.Add(ddl);
cell.Controls.Add(new LiteralControl("</nobr></div></div>"));
row.Cells.Add(cell);
return row;
}

private TableRow GetSeperatorRow()
{
TableRow row = new TableRow();
TableCell cell = new TableCell();
cell.Controls.Add(new LiteralControl("<div style='width:100%' ></div>"));
row.Cells.Add(cell);
return row;
}