Window.LinkedWindows Property
Definition
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Gets a collection of all linked windows contained in the linked window frame.
public:
property EnvDTE::LinkedWindows ^ LinkedWindows { EnvDTE::LinkedWindows ^ get(); };
[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(116)]
public EnvDTE.LinkedWindows LinkedWindows { [System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(116)] get; }
[<System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(116)>]
[<get: System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(116)>]
member this.LinkedWindows : EnvDTE.LinkedWindows
Public ReadOnly Property LinkedWindows As LinkedWindows
Property Value
A LinkedWindows collection.
- Attributes
Examples
Sub LinkedWindowsExample()
Dim Frame As Window
Dim w1 As Window = _
DTE.Windows.Item(Constants.vsWindowKindSolutionExplorer)
Dim w2 As Window = DTE.Windows.Item(Constants.vsWindowKindOutput)
Dim w3 As Window = _
DTE.Windows.Item(Constants.vsWindowKindCommandWindow)
' 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)
' Add another tool window, the Command window, to the frame with
' the other two.
Frame.LinkedWindows.Add(w3)
MsgBox("Total number of windows in the linked window frame: " & _
Frame.LinkedWindows.Count)
' Resize the entire linked window frame.
Frame.Width = 500
Frame.Height = 600
MsgBox("Frame height and width changed. Now changing Command window _
height.")
' Resize the height of the Command window.
Frame.LinkedWindows.Item(3).Height = 800
MsgBox("Now undocking the Command window from the frame.")
' Undock the Command window from the frame.
Frame.LinkedWindows.Remove(w3)
End Sub
Remarks
Only windows that are linked to others have a LinkedWindows collection. For unlinked windows, LinkedWindows returns Nothing
.