ToolBoxTab2 Interface

Definition

Namespace:

EnvDTE80

Assembly:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Interop.dll

Package:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Interop v17.12.40391

Represents a tab in the Toolbox, along with any objects the tab contains.

public interface class ToolBoxTab2 : EnvDTE::ToolBoxTab

public interface class ToolBoxTab2 : EnvDTE::ToolBoxTab

__interface ToolBoxTab2 : EnvDTE::ToolBoxTab

[System.Runtime.InteropServices.Guid("A64715CB-85D7-41C3-8E71-2302D4EEBC34")]
public interface ToolBoxTab2 : EnvDTE.ToolBoxTab

[<System.Runtime.InteropServices.Guid("A64715CB-85D7-41C3-8E71-2302D4EEBC34")>]
type ToolBoxTab2 = interface
    interface ToolBoxTab

Public Interface ToolBoxTab2
Implements ToolBoxTab

Derived

EnvDTE90.ToolBoxTab3

Attributes

GuidAttribute

Implements

ToolBoxTab

Examples

This example selects and activates the first ToolBoxTab2 item and displays its name in a message box.

Imports EnvDTE  
Imports EnvDTE80  
Sub ToolBoxTabExample(ByVal dte As DTE2)  
    Dim tlBox As ToolBox  
    Dim tbxTabs As ToolBoxTabs  
    Dim tbxTab As ToolBoxTab2  
    Dim tbxItem As ToolBoxItem  
    Try  
        ' Create an object reference to the IDE's ToolBox object and  
        ' its tabs.  
        tlBox = CType(_applicationObject.Windows.Item _  
(Constants.vsWindowKindToolbox).Object, ToolBox)  
        tbxTabs = tlBox.ToolBoxTabs  
        ' Select the first Toolbox tab.  
        tbxTab = CType(tbxTabs.Item(1), ToolBoxTab2)  
        MsgBox(tbxTab.Name)  
        tbxTab.Activate()  
        tbxItem = tbxTab.ToolBoxItems.Item(1)  
        MsgBox("Toolbox item name: " & tbxItem.Name)  
    Catch ex As System.Exception  
        MsgBox("ERROR: " & ex.Message)  
    End Try  
End Sub  

using EnvDTE;  
using EnvDTE80;  
using System.Windows.Forms;  
public void ToolBoxTabExample(DTE2 dte)  
{  
    ToolBox tlBox;  
    ToolBoxTabs tbxTabs;  
    ToolBoxTab2 tbxTab;  
    ToolBoxItem tbxItem;  
    try  
    {  
        // Create an object reference to the IDE's ToolBox object and  
        // its tabs.  
        tlBox = (ToolBox)_applicationObject.Windows.Item  
(Constants.vsWindowKindToolbox).Object;  
        tbxTabs = tlBox.ToolBoxTabs;  
        // Select the first Toolbox Tab.  
        tbxTab = (ToolBoxTab2)tbxTabs.Item(1);  
        MessageBox.Show("The name of the first Toolbox tab is: "   
+ tbxTab.Name);  
        tbxTab.Activate();  
        tbxItem = tbxTab.ToolBoxItems.Item(1);  
        MessageBox.Show("Toolbox item name: " + tbxItem.Name);  
    }  
    catch (Exception ex)  
    {  
        MessageBox.Show("ERROR: " + ex.Message);  
    }  
}  

Properties

Collection	Gets the collection containing the ToolBoxTab object supporting this property.
DTE	Gets the top-level extensibility object.
ListView	Gets or sets a value indicating whether items in a particular ToolBox tab display in List view or Icon view format.
Name	Gets or sets the name of the ToolBoxTab2 object.
ToolBoxItems	Gets the collection of ToolBoxItems associated with a ToolBoxTab.
UniqueID	Sets or gets a unique ID for the specified tab.

Methods

Activate()	Moves the focus to the current item.
Delete()	Removes the ToolBoxTab from a collection.