ToolWindows Interface

 

Improves discoverability and usability of tool windows in the object model by providing easy access to the shell’s tool windows in their native types.

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

[GuidAttribute("19AC6F68-3019-4D65-8D98-404DFB96B8E2")]
public interface ToolWindows

NameDescription
System_CAPS_pubpropertyCommandWindow

Gets the CommandWindow object.

System_CAPS_pubpropertyDTE

Gets the top-level extensibility object.

System_CAPS_pubpropertyErrorList

Gets the list of errors displayed in the IDE.

System_CAPS_pubpropertyOutputWindow

Gets the OutputWindow object.

System_CAPS_pubpropertySolutionExplorer

Gets a UIHierarchy object representing Solution Explorer.

System_CAPS_pubpropertyTaskList

Gets the TaskList object.

System_CAPS_pubpropertyToolBox

Gets the ToolBox object.

NameDescription
System_CAPS_pubmethodGetToolWindow(String)

Allows the user to retrieve a window by its title.

Visual Studio tool windows may be accessed through member properties. Other tool windows may be located with the GetToolWindow function.

This example adds an Output Window, titled "My output", activates it, and displays all the tool windows reached through the Collection object of the parent ToolWindows object.

using EnvDTE;
using EnvDTE80;
using System.Windows.Forms;
public void OutputToolWindow(DTE2 dte)
{
    OutputWindow myOut;
    myOut = _applicationObject.ToolWindows.OutputWindow;
    OutputWindowPane myPane;
    String txt = null;
    MessageBox.Show("Creating an output window.");
    myPane = myOut.OutputWindowPanes.Add("My output");
    myPane.Activate();
    MessageBox.Show("Adding some text to the output window...");
    myPane.OutputString("This is the collection of tool
 windows,reached through the Output Window object:" + "\n");
    foreach (EnvDTE80.Window2 tempWindow in myOut.Parent.Collection)
    {
        txt = txt + (tempWindow.Caption + "\n");
    }
    MessageBox.Show("Displaying all the tool window captions 
in the output window...");
    myPane.OutputString(txt);
}
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