Window2.Left Property

Definition

Namespace:

EnvDTE80

Assembly:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Interop.dll

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

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

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

[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(101)]
public int Left { [System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(101)] get; [System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(101)] set; }

[<System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(101)>]
[<get: System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(101)>]
[<set: System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(101)>]
member this.Left : int with get, set

Public Property Left As Integer

Property Value

Int32

An int containing the distance between the left edge of an object and the left edge of its container.

Implements

Left

Attributes

DispIdAttribute

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.

Imports EnvDTE  
Imports EnvDTE80  
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 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);  
}