SelectedItem Interface

Represents selected project(s) or project item(s) in the Visual Studio integrated development environment (IDE).

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

Syntax

'Declaration
<GuidAttribute("049D2CDF-3731-4CB6-A233-BE97BCE922D3")> _
Public Interface SelectedItem

[GuidAttribute("049D2CDF-3731-4CB6-A233-BE97BCE922D3")]
public interface SelectedItem

[GuidAttribute(L"049D2CDF-3731-4CB6-A233-BE97BCE922D3")]
public interface class SelectedItem

[<GuidAttribute("049D2CDF-3731-4CB6-A233-BE97BCE922D3")>]
type SelectedItem =  interface end

public interface SelectedItem

The SelectedItem type exposes the following members.

Properties

	Name	Description
	Collection	Gets the SelectedItems collection containing the SelectedItem object supporting this.
	DTE	Gets the top-level extensibility object.
	Info	Infrastructure. Microsoft Internal Use Only.
	InfoCount	Infrastructure. Microsoft Internal Use Only.
	Name	Gets the name of the SelectedItem object.
	Project	Gets the Project object associated with the SelectedItem object.
	ProjectItem	Gets the ProjectItem object associated with the given object.

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Examples

Sub SelectionContainerSelectedItemExample()
   Dim SelItems As SelectedItems
   Dim SelItemObj As SelectedItem
   Dim SelContain As SelectionContainer
   Dim SelItem As SelectedItem
   Dim NameStr As String

   SelItems = DTE.SelectedItems
   ' List the number of items selected.
   If SelItems.MultiSelect = True Then
      MsgBox("You have " & SelItems.Count & " items selected in _
        Solution Explorer.")
   End If

   ' Set a reference to the first selected item.
   SelItemObj = SelItems.Item(1)
   ' List the names of the project or project items under the selected 
   ' item.
   For Each SelItem In SelItemObj.Collection
      NameStr = NameStr & SelItem.Name
      If TypeOf SelItem.Project Is Project Then
         NameStr = NameStr & " Project-" & SelItem.Project.Name & vbCrLf
      Else
         If TypeOf SelItem.ProjectItem Is ProjectItem Then
             NameStr = NameStr & SelItem.ProjectItem.FileNames(1) & vbCrLf
         End If
      End If
   Next
   MsgBox("You selected: " & NameStr)
End Sub

See Also

Reference

EnvDTE Namespace