LinkedWindows.Item(Object) Method
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Returns a Window object in a LinkedWindows collection.
public:
EnvDTE::Window ^ Item(System::Object ^ index);
public:
EnvDTE::Window ^ Item(Platform::Object ^ index);
EnvDTE::Window Item(winrt::Windows::Foundation::IInspectable const & index);
[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(0)]
public EnvDTE.Window Item (object index);
[<System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(0)>]
abstract member Item : obj -> EnvDTE.Window
Public Function Item (index As Object) As Window
A Window object.
- Attributes
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 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
The value passed to Index
is either an integer that is an index to a Window object in its LinkedWindows collection or the name of a Window object in the collection.
The Item method throws a ArgumentException exception if the collection cannot find the object that corresponds to the index value.