Window Interface
The Window object represents a window in the environment.
Assembly: EnvDTE (in EnvDTE.dll)
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | AutoHides | Gets or sets whether the tool window is able to be hidden. |
![]() | Caption | Gets or sets the title of the window. |
![]() | Collection | Gets the collection containing the Window object supporting this property. |
![]() | ContextAttributes | Gets a ContextAttributes collection which allows automation clients to add new attributes to the current selected items in the Dynamic Help window and provide contextual help for the additional attributes. |
![]() | Document | Gets the Document object associated with the item, if one exists. |
![]() | DocumentData[String^] | This API supports the product infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code. Microsoft Internal Use Only. |
![]() | DTE | Gets the top-level extensibility object. |
![]() | Height | Gets or sets a value indicating the dimensions of the window in pixels. |
![]() | HWnd | This API supports the product infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code. Microsoft Internal Use Only. |
![]() | IsFloating | Gets or sets a value indicating whether the tool window is floating over other windows. |
![]() | Kind | Gets a string indicating the type of window. |
![]() | Left | Gets or sets the distance between the internal left edge of an object and the left edge of its container. |
![]() | Linkable | Gets or sets a value indicating whether the tool window can be docked with other tool windows. |
![]() | LinkedWindowFrame | Gets a Window object representing the window frame containing the window. |
![]() | LinkedWindows | Gets a collection of all linked windows contained in the linked window frame. |
![]() | Object | Gets an object that can be accessed by name at run time. |
![]() | ObjectKind | Gets the type of the Window object, which is a GUID string representing the tool contained in the window. |
![]() | Project | Gets the Project object associated with the Window object. |
![]() | ProjectItem | Gets the ProjectItem object associated with the Window object. |
![]() | Selection | Gets an object representing the current selection on the Window object. |
![]() | Top | Gets or sets the distance between the internal top edge of an object and the top edge of its container. |
![]() | Type | This API supports the product infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code. Microsoft Internal Use Only. |
![]() | Visible | Gets or sets the visibility of a window. |
![]() | Width | Gets or sets the width of the window in character units. |
![]() | WindowState | Gets or sets the state, such as minimized, normal, and so forth, of the window. |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | Activate() | Moves the focus to the current item. |
![]() | Attach(Int32) | This API supports the product infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code. Microsoft Internal Use Only. |
![]() | Close(vsSaveChanges) | Closes the open document and optionally saves it, or closes and destroys the window. |
![]() | Detach() | This API supports the product infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code. Microsoft Internal Use Only. |
![]() | SetFocus() | This API supports the product infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code. Microsoft Internal Use Only. |
![]() | SetKind(vsWindowType) | This API supports the product infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code. Microsoft Internal Use Only. |
![]() | SetSelectionContainer(array<Object^>^) | Allows setting objects to be active in the Properties window when this window is active. |
![]() | SetTabPicture(Object^) | Sets the picture to display in a tool window. |
Sub WindowExample() 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 Ouput 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

