LinkedWindows Interface
Visual Studio 2015
The LinkedWindows collection contains all windows that have been linked together in the environment.
Assembly: EnvDTE (in EnvDTE.dll)
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | Add(Window^) | Adds a window to the collection of currently linked windows. |
![]() | GetEnumerator() | Gets an enumerator for items in the collection. |
![]() | Item(Object^) | Returns a Window object in a LinkedWindows collection. |
![]() | Remove(Window^) | Removes a window from the collection of currently linked windows. |
Reference this object by using DTE.Windows.Window.LinkedWindows.
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 the Output 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
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