ToolBoxTab3.Expanded Property

Gets or sets whether the Toolbox tab is displayed or rolled up.

Namespace:  EnvDTE90
Assembly:  EnvDTE90 (in EnvDTE90.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Property Expanded As Boolean
    Get
    Set

bool Expanded { get; set; }

property bool Expanded {
    bool get ();
    void set (bool value);
}

abstract Expanded : bool with get, set

function get Expanded () : boolean
function set Expanded (value : boolean)

Property Value

Type: System.Boolean
A boolean value indicating whether the tab is expanded.

Examples

This example adds a new item to a Toolbox tab, activates it, and then expands and contracts its tab. 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
Imports EnvDTE90
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)
    ActivateExample(_applicationObject)
End Sub
Sub ActivateExample(ByVal dte As DTE2)
    ' Add a new tab to the Toolbox.
    Dim box As ToolBox = dte.ToolWindows.ToolBox
    Dim tab As ToolBoxTab3 = CType(box.ToolBoxTabs.Add _
    ("Sample ToolBoxTab"),ToolBoxTab3)
    ' Add two ToolBoxItem objects to the new Toolbox tab.
    Dim item As ToolBoxItem = tab.ToolBoxItems.Add("Text Item", _
        "Hello, text item!")
    tab.ToolBoxItems.Add("HTML Item", "Hello, HTML item!", _
        vsToolBoxItemFormat.vsToolBoxItemFormatHTML)
    ' Select the "Text Item" ToolBox item.
    box.Parent.AutoHides = False
    box.Parent.Activate()
    tab.Activate()
    tab.Expanded = False
    MsgBox("Expanded = false")
    tab.Expanded = True
    MsgBox("Expanded = true")
End Sub

using EnvDTE;
using EnvDTE80;
using EnvDTE90;
using System.Windows.Forms;
public void OnConnection(object application, 
ext_ConnectMode connectMode, object addInInst, ref Array custom)
{
    _applicationObject = (DTE2)application;
    _addInInstance = (AddIn)addInInst;
    ActivateExample(_applicationObject);
}
public void ActivateExample(DTE2 dte)
{
    // Add a new tab to the Toolbox.
    ToolBox box = dte.ToolWindows.ToolBox;
    ToolBoxTab3 tab = (ToolBoxTab3)box.ToolBoxTabs.Add
      ("Sample ToolBoxTab");
    // Add two ToolBoxItem objects to the new Toolbox tab.
    ToolBoxItem item = 
        tab.ToolBoxItems.Add("Text Item", "Hello, text item!",
        vsToolBoxItemFormat.vsToolBoxItemFormatText);
    tab.ToolBoxItems.Add("HTML Item", "Hello, HTML item!", 
        vsToolBoxItemFormat.vsToolBoxItemFormatHTML);
    // Select the "Text Item" ToolBox item.
    box.Parent.AutoHides = false;
    box.Parent.Activate();
    tab.Activate();
    tab.Expanded = false;
    MessageBox.Show("Expanded = false");
    tab.Expanded = true;
    MessageBox.Show("Expanded = true");
}

.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

ToolBoxTab3 Interface

EnvDTE90 Namespace