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ToolBoxTab2.Activate Method

Moves the focus to the current item.

Namespace:  EnvDTE80
Assembly:  EnvDTE80 (in EnvDTE80.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Sub Activate
void Activate()
void Activate()
abstract Activate : unit -> unit
function Activate()

Remarks

When Activate is invoked, it is as if the user clicked the item, but no click events occur.

Examples

This example adds a new item to a Toolbox tab, activates it, and then deletes it, if the user chooses to do so. For more information about how to run this example as an add-in, see How to: Compile and Run the Automation Object Model Code Examples.

Sub ActivateExample(ByVal dte As DTE2)

    ' Add a new tab to the Toolbox.
    Dim box As ToolBox = dte.ToolWindows.ToolBox
    Dim tab As ToolBoxTab2 = CType(box.ToolBoxTabs.Add _
    ("Sample ToolBoxTab"),ToolBoxTab2)
    ' 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 ActivateExample(DTE2 dte)
{
    // Add a new tab to the Toolbox.
    ToolBox box = dte.ToolWindows.ToolBox;
    ToolBoxTab2 tab = (ToolBoxTab2)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();
}

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See Also

Reference

ToolBoxTab2 Interface

EnvDTE80 Namespace