SelectionTool Class
Represents a tool that selects objects in a designer, such as a mouse pointer.
Namespace: Microsoft.Windows.Design.Interaction
Assembly: Microsoft.Windows.Design.Extensibility (in Microsoft.Windows.Design.Extensibility.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Public Class SelectionTool _
Inherits Tool
'Usage
Dim instance As SelectionTool
public class SelectionTool : Tool
public ref class SelectionTool : public Tool
public class SelectionTool extends Tool
Remarks
The concept of selection is different for different types of designers. When a user selects objects in a designer, there are some standard behaviors the designer should exhibit. For example, the user should be able to select an object, select multiple objects, unselect objects, and select all objects. You can use extensibility to control how the user selects objects in the designer.
Note
Other types of selection not covered here include text selection, where a range of text on an object is selected, and point selection, where one or more points on a curve are selected. Complex selection patterns, such as dragging a rectangle to select several objects, are handled by the TaskProvider providers of those objects.
When multiple objects are selected in a designer, one object is the primary selection object. The primary selection object is often used as a key for other behaviors. For example, to align all selected objects to the left, the primary selection object determines where to align the objects.
Inheritance Hierarchy
System.Object
Microsoft.Windows.Design.ContextItem
Microsoft.Windows.Design.Interaction.Tool
Microsoft.Windows.Design.Interaction.SelectionTool
Thread Safety
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.
See Also
Reference
Microsoft.Windows.Design.Interaction Namespace