Is there a way to to determine what tool window was dragged when the tool window dragged event is fired? Visual Studio just generated EventArgs and not a ToolWindowDraggedArgs or such. I was trying to use WindowFocused and assume that was the window, but that wasn't fired when I started the drag.
Hi Tom,
That event was created more to allow you to update the status bar during a drag operation to mention the ability to hold Ctrl to prevent docking so the user is aware of that. It unfortunately doesn't pass any info along specific to any tool windows involved though.
Then, is there a good way to determine what changes to the layout have been made? I am trying to declare the layout has changed when a previously docked window has been dragged, but not when moving a floating window around the desktop.
[Modified 7 years ago]
Hi Tom,
I don't believe we have an event for that. For what sort of scenario did you want to know that event scenario? Usually it doesn't matter because you simply load your serialized layout at app start and serialize the current layout as your app is shutting down.
Basically, for two things:
1. We have requirement to treat the layout like a document and the ability to save, save as, abort changes, etc. The big thing is prompting the user if they want to save the layout on exit.
2. There also does not appear to be any sort of undo feature. So, thought about keeping X copies of the layout on changes around and just reverting to the copy.
[Modified 7 years ago]
Hi Tom,
1) What you could do for this is save to a string and compare the string to the previous layout. That way you'd know if anything changed.
2) Thanks for the feedback on this. It's helpful to know. At the moment, there wouldn't be a way to achieve the undo feature.
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