Window2.Selection Property
Definition
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Gets an object representing the current selection on the Window object.
public:
property System::Object ^ Selection { System::Object ^ get(); };public:
property Platform::Object ^ Selection { Platform::Object ^ get(); };[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(129)]
public object Selection { [System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(129)] get; }[<System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(129)>]
[<get: System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(129)>]
member this.Selection : objPublic ReadOnly Property Selection As ObjectProperty Value
An object.
Implements
- Attributes
Examples
This example makes a text file the active window. It then uses it to iterate through the windows collection and to display the name of the containing project and project item for the window.
Before running this example, open a project in Visual Studio and add a text file named "TextFile1.txt" to it. Add some text to the file and select it. The example displays the selected text in a message box.
Imports EnvDTE
Imports EnvDTE80
Sub SelectionExample (ByVal dte As DTE2)
Try
'Before running, create a text file named
' "TextFile1.txt", include it in your solution,
' and make it the active window. Write some text in the file
' and select it.
Dim win As Window2
Dim doc As Document
If _applicationObject.Documents.Count > 0 Then
doc = _applicationObject.Documents.Item("TextFile1.txt")
win = CType(doc.ActiveWindow, Window2)
' Show the name of the project that contains this
' window and document.
MsgBox("The name of the project containing the window: " _
& win.Project.Name)
' Acticate the winodw.
win.Activate()
' Show the name of the current ProjectITem.
MsgBox("The name of the current project item is: " _
& win.ProjectItem.Name)
' How many other windows are available?
Dim w As String = "Available windows are :" & vbCr
For Each wi As Window2 In win.Collection
w = w & wi.Caption & vbCr
Next
MsgBox(w)
' Show the selected text.
MsgBox(CType(win.Selection, TextSelection).Text _
& " is selected.")
' Determine that the document returned by the
' document property
' is the same as the document object 'doc'.
If win.Document Is doc Then
MsgBox("The documents match!")
Else
MsgBox("The documents do not match.")
End If
' Close the window.
win.Close(vsSaveChanges.vsSaveChangesNo)
End If
Catch ex As Exception
MsgBox(ex.Message)
End Try
End Sub
using EnvDTE;
using EnvDTE80;
using System.Windows.Forms;
public void SelectionExample(DTE2 dte)
{
try
{
// Before running, create a text file named
// "TextFile1.txt", include it in your solution,
// and make it the active window. Write some text in the file
// and select it.
Window win;
Document doc;
if (dte.Documents.Count > 0)
{
doc = dte.Documents.Item("TextFile1.txt");
win = doc.ActiveWindow;
// Show the name of the project that contains this window
// and document.
MessageBox.Show("The name of the containing project is : "
+ win.Project.Name);
win.Activate(); // Activate the window
// Show the name of the current ProjectItem in the window.
MessageBox.Show("The name of the project item is: "
+ win.ProjectItem.Name);
// How many other windows are available?
string w = "Available windows:\n";
foreach (Window wi in win.Collection)
{
w = w + wi.Caption + "\n";
}
MessageBox.Show(w);
// Show the selected text.
MessageBox.Show(((TextSelection)win.Selection).Text
+ " is selected.");
// Determine that the document returned by the document
// property is the same as the document object 'doc'.
if (win.Document.Equals(doc))
MessageBox.Show("The documents match!");
Else
MessageBox.Show("The documents do not match!");
// Close the window.
win.Close(vsSaveChanges.vsSaveChangesNo);
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
}
}