IVsMonitorSelection.GetCurrentSelection Method (Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop)

GetCurrentSelection Method

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IVsMonitorSelection..::.GetCurrentSelection Method

Returns the current project hierarchy, project item, and selection container for the current selection.

Namespace: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop
Assembly: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic

Function GetCurrentSelection ( _
    <OutAttribute> ByRef ppHier As IntPtr, _
    <OutAttribute> ByRef pitemid As UInteger, _
    <OutAttribute> ByRef ppMIS As IVsMultiItemSelect, _
    <OutAttribute> ByRef ppSC As IntPtr _
) As Integer

int GetCurrentSelection(
    out IntPtr ppHier,
    out uint pitemid,
    out IVsMultiItemSelect ppMIS,
    out IntPtr ppSC
)

Visual C++

int GetCurrentSelection(
    [OutAttribute] IntPtr% ppHier, 
    [OutAttribute] unsigned int% pitemid, 
    [OutAttribute] IVsMultiItemSelect^% ppMIS, 
    [OutAttribute] IntPtr% ppSC
)

abstract GetCurrentSelection : 
        ppHier:IntPtr byref * 
        pitemid:uint32 byref * 
        ppMIS:IVsMultiItemSelect byref * 
        ppSC:IntPtr byref -> int

JScript

function GetCurrentSelection(
    ppHier : IntPtr, 
    pitemid : uint, 
    ppMIS : IVsMultiItemSelect, 
    ppSC : IntPtr
) : int

Parameters

ppHier: Type: System..::.IntPtr%
[out] Pointer to the IVsHierarchy interface of the current project hierarchy if the selection belongs to a single hierarchy. If the selection belongs to multiple hierarchies, ppHier is set to nullNothingnullptra null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

pitemid: Type: System..::.UInt32%
[out] Pointer to the identifier for the current project item. If pitemid is set to VSITEMID_SELECTION, the current selection involves multiple items. These items can be accessed using the IVsMultiItemSelect interface pointed to by ppMIS.

ppMIS: Type: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop..::.IVsMultiItemSelect%
[out] Pointer to the IVsMultiItemSelect interface to be used to access a multiple selection.

ppSC: Type: System..::.IntPtr%
[out] Pointer to the ISelectionContainer interface to be used to access data for the Properties window.

Return Value

Type: System..::.Int32
If the method succeeds, it returns S_OK. If it fails, it returns an error code.

Remarks

COM Signature

From vsshell.idl:

Visual C++

HRESULT IVsMonitorSelection::GetCurrentSelection(
   [out] IVsHierarchy        **ppHier,
   [out] VSITEMID             *pitemid,
   [out] IVsMultiItemSelect  **ppMIS,
   [out] ISelectionContainer **ppSC
);

.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.

Reference

IVsMonitorSelection Interface

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop Namespace