ToolBoxTab.Activate Method

Moves the focus to the current item.

Namespace:  EnvDTE
Assembly:  EnvDTE (in EnvDTE.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Sub Activate

'Usage
Dim instance As ToolBoxTab

instance.Activate()

void Activate()

void Activate()

function Activate()

Remarks

When Activate is invoked, it is as if the user clicked the item, but no click events occurred.

Examples

Sub ActivateExample(ByVal dte As DTE2)

    ' Add a new tab to the ToolBox.
    Dim box As ToolBox = dte.ToolWindows.ToolBox
    Dim tab As ToolBoxTab = box.ToolBoxTabs.Add("Sample ToolBoxTab")

    ' Add two ToolBoxItem objects to the new ToolBox tab.
    Dim item As ToolBoxItem = tab.ToolBoxItems.Add("Text Item", _
        "Hello, text item!")
    tab.ToolBoxItems.Add("HTML Item", "Hello, HTML item!", _
        vsToolBoxItemFormat.vsToolBoxItemFormatHTML)

    ' Select the "Text Item" ToolBox item.
    box.Parent.AutoHides = False
    box.Parent.Activate()
    tab.Activate()
    item.Select()

    If MsgBox("Delete the selected ToolBox item?", _
        MsgBoxStyle.YesNo) = MsgBoxResult.Yes Then
        item.Delete()
    End If

End Sub

public void ActivateExample(DTE2 dte)
{
    // Add a new tab to the ToolBox.
    ToolBox box = dte.ToolWindows.ToolBox;
    ToolBoxTab tab = box.ToolBoxTabs.Add("Sample ToolBoxTab");

    // Add two ToolBoxItem objects to the new ToolBox tab.
    ToolBoxItem item = 
        tab.ToolBoxItems.Add("Text Item", "Hello, text item!",
        vsToolBoxItemFormat.vsToolBoxItemFormatText);

    tab.ToolBoxItems.Add("HTML Item", "Hello, HTML item!", 
        vsToolBoxItemFormat.vsToolBoxItemFormatHTML);

    // Select the "Text Item" ToolBox item.
    box.Parent.AutoHides = false;
    box.Parent.Activate();
    tab.Activate();
    item.Select();

    if (MessageBox.Show("Delete the selected ToolBox item?", "", 
        MessageBoxButtons.YesNo) == DialogResult.Yes)
        item.Delete();
}

.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

ToolBoxTab Interface

ToolBoxTab Members

EnvDTE Namespace

Other Resources

How to: Compile and Run the Automation Object Model Code Examples