ContextAttribute Interface

Represents a single attribute associated with a global context or window's context in the Dynamic Help window.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
<GuidAttribute("1A6E2CB3-B897-42EB-96BE-FF0FDB65DB2F")> _
Public Interface ContextAttribute
[GuidAttribute("1A6E2CB3-B897-42EB-96BE-FF0FDB65DB2F")]
public interface ContextAttribute
[GuidAttribute(L"1A6E2CB3-B897-42EB-96BE-FF0FDB65DB2F")]
public interface class ContextAttribute
[<GuidAttribute("1A6E2CB3-B897-42EB-96BE-FF0FDB65DB2F")>]
type ContextAttribute =  interface end
public interface ContextAttribute

The ContextAttribute type exposes the following members.

Properties

  Name Description
Public property Collection Gets the collection containing the ContextAttribute object supporting this property.
Public property DTE Gets the top-level extensibility object.
Public property Name Gets the name of the object.
Public property Values Gets a collection of values for the attribute.

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Methods

  Name Description
Public method Remove Removes the attribute from its parent ContextAttributes collection.

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Examples

Sub ContextAttributeExample()
   ' Get a reference to Solution Explorer.
   Dim SolnEx As Window = DTE.Windows. _
   Item(Constants.vsWindowKindSolutionExplorer)
   Dim CA As ContextAttribute

   ' List the current attributes associated with Solution Explorer.
   ListAttr(SolnEx, CA)

   ' Associate a new F1 keyword with Solution Explorer.
   SolnEx.ContextAttributes.Add("ANewKeyword", 900, _
   vsContextAttributeType.vsContextAttributeLookupF1)
   ListAttr(SolnEx, CA)

   ' Delete the new F1 keyword from Solution Explorer.
   SolnEx.ContextAttributes.Item(3).Remove()
   ListAttr(SolnEx, CA)
End Sub

Sub ListAttr(ByVal SolnEx As Object, ByVal CA As ContextAttribute)
   ' Support function for CATest(). Lists the current attributes 
   ' associated with Solution Explorer.
   Dim msg As String

   MsgBox("Number of context attributes in Solution Explorer: " & _
   SolnEx.ContextAttributes.Count)
   For Each CA In SolnEx.ContextAttributes
      msg = msg & CA.Name & Chr(13)
   Next
   MsgBox(msg)
   msg = ""
End Sub

See Also

Reference

EnvDTE Namespace