Tool Class
Represents a tool that determines the mode of the designer.
Namespace: Microsoft.Windows.Design.Interaction
Assembly: Microsoft.Windows.Design.Interaction (in Microsoft.Windows.Design.Interaction.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Public Class Tool _
Inherits ContextItem
'Usage
Dim instance As Tool
public class Tool : ContextItem
public ref class Tool : public ContextItem
public class Tool extends ContextItem
Remarks
All user input flows through the currently active tool. To activate a tool, you set it into the editing context's ContextItemManager class. You may also handle change notifications on the ContextItemManager to know when the active tool changes. When user input comes into the designer view, the designer view locates the active tool in the editing context and asks it to resolve the user input into a command binding. The resulting command binding is then invoked.
A tool is composed of a collection of tasks, which are represented by the Task class. Each task contains a collection of commands that may be invoked, and a collection of input bindings that activate those commands. Tools may also use hit testing logic to discover tasks offered by adorners.
Inheritance Hierarchy
System.Object
Microsoft.Windows.Design.ContextItem
Microsoft.Windows.Design.Interaction.Tool
Microsoft.Windows.Design.Interaction.CreationTool
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