ISignatureHelpBroker.TriggerSignatureHelp Method (ITextView, ITrackingPoint, Boolean)

Starts the process of signature help at the specified point.

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Language.Intellisense
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Language.Intellisense (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Language.Intellisense.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Function TriggerSignatureHelp ( _
    textView As ITextView, _
    triggerPoint As ITrackingPoint, _
    trackCaret As Boolean _
) As ISignatureHelpSession

ISignatureHelpSession TriggerSignatureHelp(
    ITextView textView,
    ITrackingPoint triggerPoint,
    bool trackCaret
)

ISignatureHelpSession^ TriggerSignatureHelp(
    ITextView^ textView, 
    ITrackingPoint^ triggerPoint, 
    bool trackCaret
)

abstract TriggerSignatureHelp : 
        textView:ITextView * 
        triggerPoint:ITrackingPoint * 
        trackCaret:bool -> ISignatureHelpSession

function TriggerSignatureHelp(
    textView : ITextView, 
    triggerPoint : ITrackingPoint, 
    trackCaret : boolean
) : ISignatureHelpSession

Parameters

• textView
  Type: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.Editor.ITextView

  The ITextView over which to trigger signature help.

• triggerPoint
  Type: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.ITrackingPoint

  The point in the text buffer at which signature help is requested.

• trackCaret
  Type: Boolean

  true if this session should track the caret, false otherwise. When the caret is tracked, the only items to be displayed are those whose applicability span contains the caret.

Return Value

Type: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Language.Intellisense.ISignatureHelpSession
A valid signature help session. May be null if no session could be created.

.NET Framework Security

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

See Also

Reference

ISignatureHelpBroker Interface

TriggerSignatureHelp Overload

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Language.Intellisense Namespace