ToolWindowOrientation Enumeration

This enumeration provides a number of possible tool window orientations with respect to a docking window.

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.11.0 (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.11.0.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Enumeration ToolWindowOrientation
public enum ToolWindowOrientation
public enum class ToolWindowOrientation
type ToolWindowOrientation
public enum ToolWindowOrientation

Members

Member name Description
Bottom Tool window initially oriented against the bottom of the docking window.
Left Tool window initially oriented to the left of the docking window.
none No tool window orientation indicated.
Right Tool window initially oriented to the right of the docking window.
Top Tool window initially oriented against the top of the docking window.

Remarks

This is a parameter of the attribute of ProvideToolWindowAttribute which is applied to subclasses of Package or classes that implement IVsPackage.

Examples

This demonstrates the use of the value ToolWindowOrientation.Left in a ProvideToolWindowAttribute. See VsDockStyle for a description of docking styles.

[ProvideToolWindow(typeof(TestManagerToolWindowHost),
        Orientation = ToolWindowOrientation.Left,
        Style = VsDockStyle.MDI,
        PositionX = 200,
        PositionY = 200,
        Width = 630,
        Height = 500,
        Window = "{F08466EC-20E5-3D77-49AC-6EC38954C9DF}")]

See Also

Reference

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell Namespace

Other Resources

Tool Window Overview

Registering Tool Windows