Window2.Left Property

Gets or sets the horizontal distance between the internal left edge of an object and the left edge of its container.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Property Left As Integer

int Left { get; set; }

property int Left {
    int get ();
    void set (int value);
}

abstract Left : int with get, set

function get Left () : int
function set Left (value : int)

Property Value

Type: System.Int32
An int containing the distance between the left edge of an object and the left edge of its container.

Implements

Window.Left

Examples

This example creates a linked window frame, adds the Output Window and Solution Explorer to the linked frame as tabbed windows, resizes the linked window frame, and then undocks the windows from the frame.

For more information about how to run this example as an add-in, see How to: Compile and Run the Automation Object Model Code Examples.

Imports EnvDTE
Imports EnvDTE80
Public Sub OnConnection(ByVal application As Object, _
 ByVal connectMode As ext_ConnectMode, ByVal addInInst As Object, _
 ByRef custom As Array) Implements IDTExtensibility2.OnConnection
    _applicationObject = CType(application, DTE2)
    _addInInstance = CType(addInInst, AddIn)
    HeightExample(_applicationObject)
End Sub
Sub HeightExample(ByVal dte As DTE2)
    Dim Frame As Window
    Dim w1 As Window2 = _
 CType(_applicationObject.Windows.Item _
(Constants.vsWindowKindSolutionExplorer), Window2)
    Dim w2 As Window2 = _
 CType(_applicationObject.Windows.Item _
(Constants.vsWindowKindOutput), Window2)
    ' Create a linked window frame and dock Solution Explorer 
    ' and the Ouput windows together inside it.
    Frame = _applicationObject.Windows.CreateLinkedWindowFrame(w1, w2, _
    vsLinkedWindowType.vsLinkedWindowTypeTabbed)
    MsgBox("Total number of windows in the linked window frame: " & _
    Frame.LinkedWindows.Count)
    ' Resize the entire linked window frame.
    Frame.Width = 400
    Frame.Height = 600
    Frame.Left = 200
    MsgBox("Frame height, width, and position changed.")
    MsgBox("Now removing the windows from the linked window frame...")
    Frame.LinkedWindows.Remove(w1)
    Frame.LinkedWindows.Remove(w2)
End Sub

using EnvDTE;
using EnvDTE80;
using System.Windows.Forms;
public void OnConnection(object application,
 ext_ConnectMode connectMode, object addInInst, ref Array custom)
{
    _applicationObject = (DTE2)application;
    _addInInstance = (AddIn)addInInst;
    LeftExample(_applicationObject);
}
public void LeftExample(DTE2 dte)
{
    Window2 Frame;
    Window2 w1 = (Window2)_applicationObject.Windows.Item
(Constants.vsWindowKindSolutionExplorer);
    Window2 w2 = (Window2)_applicationObject.Windows.Item
(Constants.vsWindowKindOutput);
    Frame = (Window2)_applicationObject.Windows.CreateLinkedWindowFrame
(w1, w2, vsLinkedWindowType.vsLinkedWindowTypeTabbed);
    MessageBox.Show("Total number of windows in the linked window
 frame: " + Frame.LinkedWindows.Count);
    // Resize the enitre linked window frame.
    Frame.Width = 400;
    Frame.Height = 600;
    Frame.Left = 200;
    MessageBox.Show("Frame height, width, and position changed.");
    MessageBox.Show("Now removing the windows from the 
linked window frame...");
    Frame.LinkedWindows.Remove(w1);
    Frame.LinkedWindows.Remove(w2);
}

.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

Window2 Interface

EnvDTE80 Namespace