ToolWindowGuids Class

Provides GUIDs that are used to identify Visual Studio tool windows.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.ToolWindowGuids

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.8.0 (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.8.0.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public MustInherit Class ToolWindowGuids

public abstract class ToolWindowGuids

public ref class ToolWindowGuids abstract

[<AbstractClass>]
type ToolWindowGuids =  class end

public abstract class ToolWindowGuids

The ToolWindowGuids type exposes the following members.

Methods

	Name	Description
	Equals	Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	Finalize	Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetHashCode	Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	MemberwiseClone	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	ToString	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)

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Fields

	Name	Description
	BrowserDoc	For internal use only.
	ClassView	This tool window provides a list of all classes in a solution.
	CommandWindow	This tool window provides a way to execute commands directly in the Visual Studio shell.
	ContextWindow	This tool window provides links to help topics based on the current context.
	DocOutline	This tool window provides an outline of an HTML file.
	FindAdvanced	This tool window provides the ability to search files for a string.
	FindReplace	This tool window provides the ability to search and replace on the currently opened file.
	FindResults1	This tool window provides a list of the search results.
	FindResults2	This tool window provides a second list of search results.
	MacroExplorer	This tool window provides a list of macros available for use in the Visual Studio shell.
	ObjectBrowser	This tool window provides a list of components installed on the system.
	ObjectSearchResultsWindow	This tool window provides the results of searching for a symbol.
	ObjectSearchWindow	This tool window provides the ability to search for a symbol.
	Outputwindow	This tool window displays any output generated by a build process or a program being debugged.
	PropertyBrowser	This tool window provides a list of properties associated with the currently selected file or project in Solution Explorer.
	ResourceView	This tool window provides a list of resources available in a project.
	ServerExplorer	This tool window provides a list of servers used for connecting to databases.
	SolutionExplorer	This tool window provides a list of projects and their files in a solution.
	TaskList	This tool window provides a list of user-specified tasks to be accomplished for a project.
	Toolbox	This tool window provides a list of components that can be added to a project, typically through the Windows Forms designer.

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Remarks

The various tool windows in Visual Studio have unique GUIDs assigned to them. These GUIDs can be used as a context which can be monitored through the SVsShellMonitorSelection service (see the AdviseSelectionEvents method). It is also possible to request the state of each tool window by using the methods of the IVsMonitorSelection interface, which in turn is obtained from the SVsShellMonitorSelection service.

VSPackages that have user interface (UI) elements can associate these UI elements with particular tool windows and dialog boxes. When the tool windows become active or inactive, the associated UI elements of the VSPackage are automatically activated or deactivated as well. The VSPackage makes this association between its own UI elements and the tool windows using the VISIBILITY_SECTION section of the Command Table Compiler (.ctc) file that is part of the VSPackage. You must manually copy the GUID for a tool window into your .ctc file. For example, if you want to have a menu item associated with the Find and Replace tool window, you must create a label for the FindReplace GUID:

#define guidFindReplace { 0xCF2DDC32, 0x8CAD, 0x11D2, { 0x93, 0x02, 0x00, 0x53, 0x45, 0x00, 0x00, 0x 00 } }

You then use that definition in the VISIBLITY_SECTION of the .ctc file:

VISIBILITY_SECTION
    // Command                        GUID when visible
    guidMyCmdSet:cmdidMyMenuCommand,  guidFindReplace;
VISIBILITY_END

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

See Also

Reference

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop Namespace