SelectedItems.SelectionContainer Property

Gets a SelectionContainer object that represents the designer hosting the selected item(s).

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

Syntax

'Declaration
ReadOnly Property SelectionContainer As SelectionContainer

SelectionContainer SelectionContainer { get; }

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

abstract SelectionContainer : SelectionContainer

function get SelectionContainer () : SelectionContainer

Property Value

Type: EnvDTE.SelectionContainer
A SelectionContainer object.

Remarks

SelectionContainer returns a collection of objects at a finer granularity than Project or ProjectItem.

Examples

Sub SelectionContainerExample()
   Dim SelContain As SelectionContainer
   Dim ContainerItem As SelectedItem

   ' Set references to the selection container and its selected item.
   SelContain = DTE.SelectedItems.SelectionContainer
   ContainerItem = DTE.SelectedItems.Item(1)

   ' Print the name of the container of the selected item.
   MsgBox(ContainerItem.Name)
End Sub

.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

SelectedItems Interface

EnvDTE Namespace