LinkedWindows Interface

Definition

Namespace:

EnvDTE

Assembly:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Interop.dll

Package:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Interop v17.12.40391

The LinkedWindows collection contains all windows that have been linked together in the environment.

public interface class LinkedWindows : System::Collections::IEnumerable

[System.Runtime.InteropServices.Guid("F00EF34A-A654-4C1B-897A-585D5BCBB35A")]
public interface LinkedWindows : System.Collections.IEnumerable

[<System.Runtime.InteropServices.Guid("F00EF34A-A654-4C1B-897A-585D5BCBB35A")>]
type LinkedWindows = interface
    interface IEnumerable

Public Interface LinkedWindows
Implements IEnumerable

Attributes

GuidAttribute

Implements

IEnumerable

Examples

Sub LinkedWindowsExample()  
   Dim Frame As Window  
   Dim w1 As Window = DTE.Windows.Item(Constants.vsWindowKindSolutionExplorer)  
   Dim w2 As Window = DTE.Windows.Item(Constants.vsWindowKindOutput)  
   Dim w3 As Window = DTE.Windows.Item(Constants.vsWindowKindCommandWindow)  

   ' Create a linked window frame and dock Solution   
...' Explorer and the Output window together inside it.  
   Frame = DTE.Windows.CreateLinkedWindowFrame(w1, w2, _  
   vsLinkedWindowType.vsLinkedWindowTypeDocked)  
   MsgBox("Total number of windows in the linked window frame: " & Frame.LinkedWindows.Count)  

   ' Add another tool window, the Command window, to the frame with   
   ' the other two.  
   Frame.LinkedWindows.Add(w3)  
   MsgBox("Total number of windows in the linked window frame: " & Frame.LinkedWindows.Count)  

   ' Resize the entire linked window frame.  
   Frame.Width = 500  
   Frame.Height = 600  
   MsgBox("Frame height and width changed. Now changing Command window height.")  

   ' Resize the height of the Command window.  
   Frame.LinkedWindows.Item(3).Height = 800  
   MsgBox("Now undocking the Command window from the frame.")  

   ' Undock the Command window from the frame.  
   Frame.LinkedWindows.Remove(w3)  
End Sub  

Remarks

Reference this object by using DTE.Windows.Window.LinkedWindows.

Properties

Count	Gets a value indicating the number of objects in the LinkedWindows collection.
DTE	Gets the top-level extensibility object.
Parent	Gets the immediate parent object of a LinkedWindows collection.

Methods

Add(Window)	Adds a window to the collection of currently linked windows.
GetEnumerator()	Gets an enumerator for items in the collection.
Item(Object)	Returns a Window object in a LinkedWindows collection.
Remove(Window)	Removes a window from the collection of currently linked windows.