ToolBoxItem Interface

Definition

Namespace:

EnvDTE

Assembly:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Interop.dll

Represents an item in the ToolBox.

public interface class ToolBoxItem

public interface class ToolBoxItem

__interface ToolBoxItem

[System.Runtime.InteropServices.Guid("46538D1B-4D81-4002-8BB4-DBDB65BABB23")]
public interface ToolBoxItem

[<System.Runtime.InteropServices.Guid("46538D1B-4D81-4002-8BB4-DBDB65BABB23")>]
type ToolBoxItem = interface

Public Interface ToolBoxItem

Derived

EnvDTE80.ToolBoxItem2

Attributes

GuidAttribute

Examples

Sub ToolBoxItemExample()  
    Dim tlBox As ToolBox  
    Dim tbxTabs As ToolBoxTabs  
    Dim tbxTab As ToolBoxTab  
    Dim tbxItem As ToolBoxItem  

    Try  
        ' Create an object reference to the IDE's ToolBox object and  
        ' its tabs.  
        tlBox = DTE.Windows.Item(Constants.vsWindowKindToolbox).Object  
        tbxTabs = tlBox.ToolBoxTabs  

        ' Select the first ToolBox tab.  
        tbxTab = tbxTabs.Item(1)  
        tbxTab.Activate()  
        tbxItem = tbxTab.ToolBoxItems.Item(4)  
        MsgBox("ToolBox item name: " & tbxItem.Name)  

    Catch ex As System.Exception  
        MsgBox("ERROR: " & ex.Message)  
    End Try  
End Sub  

Remarks

A ToolBoxItem object can contain controls, text, HTML fragments, or other objects.

Properties

Collection	Gets the collection containing the ToolBoxItem object supporting this property.
DTE	Gets the top-level extensibility object.
Name	Gets or sets the name of the ToolBoxItem object.

Methods

Delete()	Removes the ToolBoxItem object from the collection.
Select()	Causes this item to become active in the integrated development environment (IDE).