Window::Visible Property

Visual Studio 2015
 

Gets or sets the visibility of a window.

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

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property bool Visible {
	bool get();
	void set(bool value);
}

Property Value

Type: System::Boolean

true if the window is visible; otherwise, false.

The Find/Replace utility does not search windows that are not visible in open documents, even if the document associated with the window is still open.

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Sub VisibleExample()
   Dim Frame As Window
   Dim w1 As Window = _
   DTE.Windows.Item(Constants.vsWindowKindSolutionExplorer)
   Dim w2 As Window = DTE.Windows.Item(Constants.vsWindowKindOutput)

   ' Create a linked window frame and dock Solution Explorer 
   ' and the 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)

   ' View some window properties.
   MsgBox("Window ObjectKind property value: " & Frame.ObjectKind)
   MsgBox("Window Caption: " & Frame.Caption)

   ' Resize the entire linked window frame.
   Frame.Width = 500
   Frame.Height = 600
   Frame.Left = 100
   Frame.Top = 100
   Frame.Visible = True
   MsgBox("Frame height, width, and position changed.")
End Sub
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