TaskList Interface

The TaskList object represents the items in the Task List window in the Visual Studio integrated development environment (IDE).

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

Syntax

'Declaration
<GuidAttribute("4E4F0569-E16A-4DA1-92DE-10882A4DDD8C")> _
Public Interface TaskList

[GuidAttribute("4E4F0569-E16A-4DA1-92DE-10882A4DDD8C")]
public interface TaskList

[GuidAttribute(L"4E4F0569-E16A-4DA1-92DE-10882A4DDD8C")]
public interface class TaskList

[<GuidAttribute("4E4F0569-E16A-4DA1-92DE-10882A4DDD8C")>]
type TaskList =  interface end

public interface TaskList

The TaskList type exposes the following members.

Properties

	Name	Description
	DefaultCommentToken	Gets the default string for adding tasks to the Task List window.
	DTE	Gets the top-level extensibility object.
	Parent	Gets the immediate parent object of a TaskList object.
	SelectedItems	Gets a collection of all of the items currently selected in the Task List.
	TaskItems	Gets a collection of all tasks currently in the Task List window in the indicated categories.

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Remarks

There is only one TaskList object in the IDE.

Examples

Sub TaskListExample()
   Dim win As Window = DTE.Windows.Item(Constants.vsWindowKindTaskList)
   Dim TL As TaskList = win.Object
   Dim TLItem As TaskItem

   ' Add a couple of tasks to the Task List.
   TLItem = TL.TaskItems.Add(" ", " ", "Test task 1.", vsTaskPriority.vsTaskPriorityHigh, vsTaskIcon.vsTaskIconUser, True, , 10, , )
   TLItem = TL.TaskItems.Add(" ", " ", "Test task 2.", vsTaskPriority.vsTaskPriorityLow, vsTaskIcon.vsTaskIconComment, , 20, , )

   ' List the total number of task list items after adding the new 
   ' task items.
   MsgBox("Task Item 1 description: " & TL.TaskItems.Item(2).Description)
   MsgBox("Total number of task items: " & TL.TaskItems.Count)

   ' Remove the second task item. The items list in reverse numeric order.
   MsgBox("Deleting the second task item")
   TL.TaskItems.Item(1).Delete()
   MsgBox("Total number of task items: " & TL.TaskItems.Count)
End Sub

See Also

Reference

EnvDTE Namespace