Hello, I have C# add-in for VS2005. From this add-in I create tool window (see code in my previous post). I try to handle `Control.VisibleChanged' event: // MyAddInCtrl.cs public partial class MyAddInCtrl : UserControl { public MyAddInCtrl() { InitializeComponent(); } private void MyAddInCtrl_VisibleChanged( object sender, EventArgs e) { if (this.Visible) { // do something } } } // MyAddInCtrl.Designer.cs partial class MyAddInCtrl { private void InitializeComponent() { ... this.VisibleChanged += new System.EventHandler( this.MyAddInCtrl_VisibleChanged); ... } } However, `MyAddInCtrl_VisibleChanged' handler called only twice: when user select menu command for my add-in for the fist time (and `_MyAddInWnd.Visible' set to `true' for the fist time, respectively); and when IDE is closed and the add-in is unloaded. If I click the tool window's close button, then the window disappears, but `MyAddInCtrl_VisibleChanged' is not called. Subsequent calls "_MyAddInWnd.Visible = true;" from `Connect.Exec' show the tool window back, but handler is not called either. How can I handle visibility changes for my tool window? Thanks in advance Alex
I don't think your control's visibility is actually changing. The visibility of the window containing it is changing. I think you might need to handle the closing event of the window by attaching an event handler to the window returned from CreateToolWindow2. Something like the following might work for you: EnvDTE.Window win = window2.CreateToolWindow2(....); WindowEvents we = ((DTE2) win.DTE).Events.get_WindowEvents(win); we.Window.Close+= .... Hope this helps. -Darren "Alex Blekhman" wrote: > Hello, > > I have C# add-in for VS2005. From this add-in I create tool > window (see code in my previous post). > > I try to handle `Control.VisibleChanged' event: > > // MyAddInCtrl.cs > > public partial class MyAddInCtrl : UserControl > { > public MyAddInCtrl() > { > InitializeComponent(); > } > > private void MyAddInCtrl_VisibleChanged( > object sender, EventArgs e) > { > if (this.Visible) > { > // do something > } > } > } > > // MyAddInCtrl.Designer.cs > > partial class MyAddInCtrl > { > private void InitializeComponent() > { > ... > > this.VisibleChanged += > new System.EventHandler( > this.MyAddInCtrl_VisibleChanged); > > ... > } > } > > However, `MyAddInCtrl_VisibleChanged' handler called only > twice: when user select menu command for my add-in for the > fist time (and `_MyAddInWnd.Visible' set to `true' for the > fist time, respectively); and when IDE is closed and the > add-in is unloaded. > > If I click the tool window's close button, then the window > disappears, but `MyAddInCtrl_VisibleChanged' is not called. > Subsequent calls "_MyAddInWnd.Visible = true;" from > `Connect.Exec' show the tool window back, but handler is not > called either. > > How can I handle visibility changes for my tool window? > > Thanks in advance > Alex > > >
"Darren Stokes" wrote: > I don't think your control's visibility is actually > changing. The visibility > of the window containing it is changing. I think you > might need to handle > the closing event of the window by attaching an event > handler to the window > returned from CreateToolWindow2. Something like the > following might work for > you: > > EnvDTE.Window win = window2.CreateToolWindow2(....); > WindowEvents we = ((DTE2) > win.DTE).Events.get_WindowEvents(win); > we.Window.Close+= .... Thanks for the answer. Yes, tool window visibility is more like creation, actually. In the end I redesigned my add-in so it won't rely on window's visibility at all. Alex
