UIHierarchyItem.Select Method

Causes the specified item to become active in the user interface.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Sub Select ( _
    How As vsUISelectionType _
)

void Select(
    vsUISelectionType How
)

void Select(
    [InAttribute] vsUISelectionType How
)

abstract Select : 
        How:vsUISelectionType -> unit

function Select(
    How : vsUISelectionType
)

Parameters

• How
  Type: EnvDTE.vsUISelectionType

  A vsUISelectionType constant indicating how the selection is made.

Examples

Sub SelectExample()
   Dim UIH As UIHierarchy = _
     DTE.Windows.Item(Constants.vsWindowKindMacroExplorer).Object
   Dim UIHItem As UIHierarchyItem = UIH.GetItem("Macros\Samples")

   UIHItem.Select(vsUISelectionType.vsUISelectionTypeSetCaret)
   If UIHItem.IsSelected = False Then
      If UIH.UIHierarchyItems.Expanded = True Then
         MsgBox("Node is expanded.")
      Else
         MsgBox("Node is not expanded.")
      End If
   End If
   UIH.SelectDown(vsUISelectionType.vsUISelectionTypeSelect, 2)
   UIH.DoDefaultAction()
   UIH.SelectDown(vsUISelectionType.vsUISelectionTypeSelect, 1)
   UIH.SelectUp(vsUISelectionType.vsUISelectionTypeExtend, 1)
End Sub

.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

UIHierarchyItem Interface

EnvDTE Namespace

Other Resources

How to: Manipulate Tree Views by Using UIHierarchy