DTE2.SelectedItems Property

Gets a collection containing the items currently selected in the environment.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
ReadOnly Property SelectedItems As SelectedItems

SelectedItems SelectedItems { get; }

property SelectedItems^ SelectedItems {
    SelectedItems^ get ();
}

abstract SelectedItems : SelectedItems with get

function get SelectedItems () : SelectedItems

Property Value

Type: EnvDTE.SelectedItems
A SelectedItems collection.

Examples

Sub SelectedItemsExample(ByVal dte As DTE2)

    ' Before running this example, open a project and select some items 
    ' in Solution Explorer.

    Dim item As SelectedItem
    Dim msg As String

    For Each item In dte.SelectedItems
        msg &= item.Name & vbCrLf
    Next

    MsgBox("The following items are selected in Solution Explorer:" & _
        vbCrLf & vbCrLf & msg)

End Sub

public void SelectedItemsExample(DTE2 dte)
{
    // Before running this example, open a project and select some 
    // items in Solution Explorer.

    string msg = "";

    foreach (SelectedItem item in dte.SelectedItems)
        msg += item.Name + "\n";

    MessageBox.Show(
        "The following items are selected in Solution Explorer:\n\n" + 
        msg);
}

.NET Framework Security

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

See Also

Reference

DTE2 Interface

EnvDTE80 Namespace

Other Resources

How to: Compile and Run the Automation Object Model Code Examples