EditorExtensibility.GetActiveTextViewAsync Method
Definition
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Gets the currently focused ITextViewSnapshot in the host Visual Studio process.
public System.Threading.Tasks.Task<Microsoft.VisualStudio.Extensibility.Editor.ITextViewSnapshot?> GetActiveTextViewAsync (Microsoft.VisualStudio.Extensibility.IClientContext clientContext, System.Threading.CancellationToken cancellationToken);member this.GetActiveTextViewAsync : Microsoft.VisualStudio.Extensibility.IClientContext * System.Threading.CancellationToken -> System.Threading.Tasks.Task<Microsoft.VisualStudio.Extensibility.Editor.ITextViewSnapshot>Public Function GetActiveTextViewAsync (clientContext As IClientContext, cancellationToken As CancellationToken) As Task(Of ITextViewSnapshot)Parameters
- clientContext
- IClientContext
The client context, usually passed to command handlers.
- cancellationToken
- CancellationToken
Cancels the request.
Returns
An instance of ITextViewSnapshot or null.
Remarks
Can return null if the clientContext references a version of text view that is sufficiently old so as to no longer be cached.