WindowHelper Class

[This documentation is for preview only, and is subject to change in later releases. Blank topics are included as placeholders.]

Provides static helper methods for windows.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  Microsoft.Internal.VisualStudio.PlatformUI.WindowHelper

Namespace:  Microsoft.Internal.VisualStudio.PlatformUI
Assemblies:   Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.11.0 (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.11.0.dll)
  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.12.0 (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.12.0.dll)
  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.10.0 (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.10.0.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public NotInheritable Class WindowHelper

public static class WindowHelper

public ref class WindowHelper abstract sealed

[<AbstractClass>]
[<Sealed>]
type WindowHelper =  class end

public final class WindowHelper

The WindowHelper type exposes the following members.

Methods

	Name	Description
	AddHelpTopic	Adds a help topic to a data source used by a dialog that uses the constants HelpTopic property and Help verb.
	CreateChildElement(IVsUIElement, IntPtr)	Creates and displays the specified element as a modeless child window.
	CreateChildElement(IVsUIElement, FrameworkElement, FrameworkElement)	Creates and sets the specified element as a child of the specified parent.
	CreateChildElement(Guid, UInt32, IVsUISimpleDataSource, IntPtr)	Creates and displays a UI element as a modeless child window.
	CreateChildElement(Guid, UInt32, IVsUISimpleDataSource, FrameworkElement, FrameworkElement)	Creates and sets the element as a child of the specified parent.
	CreateUIElement(Type)
	CreateUIElement(FactoryElementID)
	CreateUIElement(Guid, UInt32)	Creates a UI element.
	CreateWpfLoader	Creates a WPF loader to create IVsUIElement objects that wrap the UI objects specified by their types.
	GetDialogOwnerHandle	Gets the window handle that can be used to parent modal dialogs.
	GetFrameworkElementFromUIElement	Creates a FrameworkElement from the specified UI element.
	GetHwndFromUIElement	Gets a window handle from the specified UI element.
	ShowModal(Window)	Displays a WPF window as a modal dialog in Visual Studio.
	ShowModal(Window, IntPtr)	Displays a WPF window using a Win32 parent window.
	ShowModalElement(IVsUIElement)	Creates the specified element and displays it as a modal dialog, using the main window of the IDE as the parent.
	ShowModalElement(IVsUIElement, IntPtr)	Displays the UI element as a modal dialog, using the specified Win32 window as the parent.
	ShowModalElement(IVsUIElement, Window)	Creates the specified element and displays it as a modal dialog, using the specified window or the main window of the IDE as the parent.
	ShowModalElement(Guid, UInt32, IVsUISimpleDataSource)	Create the specified element and display it as a modal dialog, using the main window of the IDE as the parent.

Top

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

See Also

Reference

Microsoft.Internal.VisualStudio.PlatformUI Namespace