ToolBoxItem.Select Method

Causes this item to become active in the integrated development environment (IDE).

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Sub Select

void Select()

void Select()

abstract Select : unit -> unit

function Select()

Remarks

This method causes this item to be selected in the ToolBox.

Examples

Sub SelectExample(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 SelectExample(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

ToolBoxItem Interface

EnvDTE Namespace

Other Resources

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