LinkedWindows.Item(Object) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: EnvDTE

Assembly:: EnvDTE.dll

Assembly:: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Interop.dll

Package:: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Interop v17.12.40391

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Returns a Window object in a LinkedWindows collection.

public:
 EnvDTE::Window ^ Item(System::Object ^ index);

public:
 EnvDTE::Window ^ Item(Platform::Object ^ index);

EnvDTE::Window Item(winrt::Windows::Foundation::IInspectable const & index);

[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(0)]
public EnvDTE.Window Item (object index);

[<System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(0)>]
abstract member Item : obj -> EnvDTE.Window

Public Function Item (index As Object) As Window

Parameters

index: Object

Required. The index of the Window object to return.

Returns

Window

A Window object.

Attributes: DispIdAttribute

Examples

Sub LinkedWindowsExample()  
   Dim Frame As Window  
   Dim w1 As Window = DTE.Windows.Item(Constants.vsWindowKindSolutionExplorer)  
   Dim w2 As Window = DTE.Windows.Item(Constants.vsWindowKindOutput)  
   Dim w3 As Window = DTE.Windows.Item(Constants.vsWindowKindCommandWindow)  

   ' Create a linked window frame and dock Solution Explorer   
   ' and Ouput window together inside it.  
   Frame = DTE.Windows.CreateLinkedWindowFrame(w1, w2, vsLinkedWindowType.vsLinkedWindowTypeDocked)  
   MsgBox("Total number of windows in the linked window frame: " & Frame.LinkedWindows.Count)  

   ' Add another tool window, the Command window, to the frame with   
   ' the other two.  
   Frame.LinkedWindows.Add(w3)  
   MsgBox("Total number of windows in the linked window frame: " & Frame.LinkedWindows.Count)  

   ' Resize the entire linked window frame.  
   Frame.Width = 500  
   Frame.Height = 600  
   MsgBox("Frame height and width changed. Now changing Command window height.")  

   ' Resize the height of the Command window.  
   Frame.LinkedWindows.Item(3).Height = 800  
   MsgBox("Now undocking the Command window from the frame.")  

   ' Undock the Command window from the frame.  
   Frame.LinkedWindows.Remove(w3)  
End Sub

Remarks

The value passed to Index is either an integer that is an index to a Window object in its LinkedWindows collection or the name of a Window object in the collection.

The Item method throws a ArgumentException exception if the collection cannot find the object that corresponds to the index value.

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