ToolWindows.SolutionExplorer Property

Gets a UIHierarchy object representing Solution Explorer.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
ReadOnly Property SolutionExplorer As UIHierarchy

UIHierarchy SolutionExplorer { get; }

property UIHierarchy^ SolutionExplorer {
    UIHierarchy^ get ();
}

abstract SolutionExplorer : UIHierarchy with get

function get SolutionExplorer () : UIHierarchy

Property Value

Type: EnvDTE.UIHierarchy
A UIHierarchy object.

Examples

This example activates Solution Explorer, selects items in it, counts and displays the number of items in it, and then closes it. Open a project in the Visual Studio integrated development environment (IDE) before running this example.

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)
    SolExplorerManip(_applicationObject)
End Sub
Public Sub SolExplorerManip(ByVal dte As DTE2)
    ' Open a project in Visual Studio, before running this add-in.
    Dim solExplorer As UIHierarchy
    solExplorer = dte.ToolWindows.SolutionExplorer
    MsgBox("Activating Solution Explorer...")
    solExplorer.Parent.Activate()
    MsgBox("Seleting some items in Solution Explorer...")
    solExplorer.SelectDown(vsUISelectionType.vsUISelectionTypeExtend, _
    2)
    MsgBox("The count of items in Solution Explorer is: "  _
    & solExplorer.Parent.Collection.Count.ToString())
    MsgBox("Closing Solution Explorer." & vbCr & _
    "If you made changes you will be prompted to save.")
    solExplorer.Parent.Close(vsSaveChanges.vsSaveChangesPrompt)
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;
    SolExplorerManip(_applicationObject);
}
public void SolExplorerManip(DTE2 dte)
    {
    // Open a project in Visual Studio, before running this add-in.
    UIHierarchy solExplorer;
    solExplorer = _applicationObject.ToolWindows.SolutionExplorer;
    MessageBox.Show("Activating Solution Explorer...");
    solExplorer.Parent.Activate();
    MessageBox.Show("Seleting the first two items in 
Solution Explorer...");
    solExplorer.SelectDown(vsUISelectionType.vsUISelectionTypeExtend,
 2);
    MessageBox.Show("The count of items in Solution Explorer is: "
 + solExplorer.Parent.Collection.Count.ToString());
    MessageBox.Show("Closing Solution Explorer." + "\n" + 
"If you made changes you will be prompted to save.");
    solExplorer.Parent.Close(vsSaveChanges.vsSaveChangesPrompt);
}

.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

ToolWindows Interface

EnvDTE80 Namespace