/// <summary>
/// Push properties for the selected item to the properties window.
/// Note that throwing from a Windows Forms event handler would cause
/// Visual Studio to crash. So if you expect your code to throw
/// you should make sure to catch the exceptions you expect
/// </summary>
/// <param name="sender">Event sender</param>
/// <param name="e">Arguments</param>
private void listView1_SelectionChanged(object sender, SelectionChangedEventArgs e)
{
// If the change originates from us setting the selection, ignore the event
if (ignoreSelectedObjectsChanges)
{
return;
}
// Create the array that will hold the properties (one set of properties per item selected)
ArrayList selectedObjects = new ArrayList();
if (listView1.SelectedItems.Count > 0)
{
// Get the index of the selected item
int index = listView1.Items.IndexOf(listView1.SelectedItems[0]);
// Get the IVsWindowFrame for that item
IVsWindowFrame frame = toolWindowsList[index];
// Add the properties for the selected item
SelectionProperties properties = toolWindowsList.GetFrameProperties(frame);
// Keeping track of the index helps us know which tool window was selected
// when the change is done through the property window drop-down.
properties.Index = index;
// This sample only supports single selection, but if multiple
// selection is supported, multiple items could be added. The
// properties that they had in common would then be shown.
selectedObjects.Add(properties);
}
// Update our selection container
selectionContainer.SelectedObjects = selectedObjects;
// In order to enable the drop-down of the properties window to display
// all our possible items, we need to provide the list
selectionContainer.SelectableObjects = toolWindowsList.WindowsProperties;
// Inform Visual Studio that we changed the selection and push the new list of properties
TrackSelection.OnSelectChange(selectionContainer);
}
