ToolBoxItem Interface

Represents an item in the ToolBox.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
<GuidAttribute("46538D1B-4D81-4002-8BB4-DBDB65BABB23")> _
Public Interface ToolBoxItem

[GuidAttribute("46538D1B-4D81-4002-8BB4-DBDB65BABB23")]
public interface ToolBoxItem

[GuidAttribute(L"46538D1B-4D81-4002-8BB4-DBDB65BABB23")]
public interface class ToolBoxItem

[<GuidAttribute("46538D1B-4D81-4002-8BB4-DBDB65BABB23")>]
type ToolBoxItem =  interface end

public interface ToolBoxItem

The ToolBoxItem type exposes the following members.

Properties

	Name	Description
	Collection	Gets the collection containing the ToolBoxItem object supporting this property.
	DTE	Gets the top-level extensibility object.
	Name	Gets or sets the name of the ToolBoxItem object.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	Delete	Removes the ToolBoxItem object from the collection.
	Select	Causes this item to become active in the integrated development environment (IDE).

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Remarks

A ToolBoxItem object can contain controls, text, HTML fragments, or other objects.

Examples

Sub ToolBoxItemExample()
    Dim tlBox As ToolBox
    Dim tbxTabs As ToolBoxTabs
    Dim tbxTab As ToolBoxTab
    Dim tbxItem As ToolBoxItem

    Try
        ' Create an object reference to the IDE's ToolBox object and
        ' its tabs.
        tlBox = DTE.Windows.Item(Constants.vsWindowKindToolbox).Object
        tbxTabs = tlBox.ToolBoxTabs

        ' Select the first ToolBox tab.
        tbxTab = tbxTabs.Item(1)
        tbxTab.Activate()
        tbxItem = tbxTab.ToolBoxItems.Item(4)
        MsgBox("ToolBox item name: " & tbxItem.Name)

    Catch ex As System.Exception
        MsgBox("ERROR: " & ex.Message)
    End Try
End Sub

See Also

Reference

EnvDTE Namespace