ToolBoxTab2 Interface

 

Represents a tab in the Toolbox, along with any objects the tab contains.

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

[GuidAttribute("A64715CB-85D7-41C3-8E71-2302D4EEBC34")]
public interface ToolBoxTab2 : ToolBoxTab

NameDescription
System_CAPS_pubpropertyCollection

Gets the collection containing the ToolBoxTab object supporting this property.

System_CAPS_pubpropertyDTE

Gets the top-level extensibility object.

System_CAPS_pubpropertyListView

Gets or sets a value indicating whether items in a particular ToolBox tab display in List view or Icon view format.

System_CAPS_pubpropertyName

Gets or sets the name of the ToolBoxTab2 object.

System_CAPS_pubpropertyToolBoxItems

Gets the collection of ToolBoxItems associated with a ToolBoxTab.

System_CAPS_pubpropertyUniqueID

Sets or gets a unique ID for the specified tab.

NameDescription
System_CAPS_pubmethodActivate()

Moves the focus to the current item.

System_CAPS_pubmethodDelete()

Removes the ToolBoxTab from a collection.

This example selects and activates the first ToolBoxTab2 item and displays its name in a message box.

using EnvDTE;
using EnvDTE80;
using System.Windows.Forms;
public void ToolBoxTabExample(DTE2 dte)
{
    ToolBox tlBox;
    ToolBoxTabs tbxTabs;
    ToolBoxTab2 tbxTab;
    ToolBoxItem tbxItem;
    try
    {
        // Create an object reference to the IDE's ToolBox object and
        // its tabs.
        tlBox = (ToolBox)_applicationObject.Windows.Item
(Constants.vsWindowKindToolbox).Object;
        tbxTabs = tlBox.ToolBoxTabs;
        // Select the first Toolbox Tab.
        tbxTab = (ToolBoxTab2)tbxTabs.Item(1);
        MessageBox.Show("The name of the first Toolbox tab is: " 
+ tbxTab.Name);
        tbxTab.Activate();
        tbxItem = tbxTab.ToolBoxItems.Item(1);
        MessageBox.Show("Toolbox item name: " + tbxItem.Name);
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        MessageBox.Show("ERROR: " + ex.Message);
    }
}
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