Diagram.ShouldAddShapeForElement Method

Verifies whether a shape can have a child shape assigned to it.

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.Diagrams
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.Sdk.Diagrams.12.0 (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.Sdk.Diagrams.12.0.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Protected Overrides Function ShouldAddShapeForElement ( _
    element As ModelElement _
) As Boolean

protected override bool ShouldAddShapeForElement(
    ModelElement element
)

protected:
virtual bool ShouldAddShapeForElement(
    ModelElement^ element
) override

abstract ShouldAddShapeForElement : 
        element:ModelElement -> bool  
override ShouldAddShapeForElement : 
        element:ModelElement -> bool

protected override function ShouldAddShapeForElement(
    element : ModelElement
) : boolean

Parameters

• element
  Type: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.ModelElement

  The shape to check.

Return Value

Type: System.Boolean
true if the shape can have the child shape added to it; otherwise, false.

Remarks

This method is called when a user drags a shape onto another shape or copies and pastes a shape onto another shape.

.NET Framework Security

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

See Also

Reference

Diagram Class

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.Diagrams Namespace