Window.Visible Property

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: EnvDTE

Assembly:: EnvDTE.dll

Assembly:: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Interop.dll

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Gets or sets the visibility of a window.

public:
 property bool Visible { bool get(); void set(bool value); };

public:
 property bool Visible { bool get(); void set(bool value); };

[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(106)]
public bool Visible { [System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(106)] get; [System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(106)] set; }

[<System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(106)>]
[<get: System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(106)>]
[<set: System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(106)>]
member this.Visible : bool with get, set

Public Property Visible As Boolean

Property Value

Boolean

true if the window is visible; otherwise, false.

Attributes: DispIdAttribute

Examples

Sub VisibleExample()  
   Dim Frame As Window  
   Dim w1 As Window = _  
   DTE.Windows.Item(Constants.vsWindowKindSolutionExplorer)  
   Dim w2 As Window = DTE.Windows.Item(Constants.vsWindowKindOutput)  

   ' Create a linked window frame and dock Solution Explorer   
   ' and the 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)  

   ' View some window properties.  
   MsgBox("Window ObjectKind property value: " & Frame.ObjectKind)  
   MsgBox("Window Caption: " & Frame.Caption)  

   ' Resize the entire linked window frame.  
   Frame.Width = 500  
   Frame.Height = 600  
   Frame.Left = 100  
   Frame.Top = 100  
   Frame.Visible = True  
   MsgBox("Frame height, width, and position changed.")  
End Sub

Remarks

The Find/Replace utility does not search windows that are not visible in open documents, even if the document associated with the window is still open.

Applies to