IGraphicsContainerSelect Interface

Provides access to members that control graphic container selection.

When To Use

Most objects which are considered graphics containers, the PageLayout and Map objects for example, implement the IGraphicsContainerSelect interface to expose additional members for managing their element selection.  For example, use IGraphicsContainerSelect::UnselectAllElements to clear an object's graphic element selection.

The following simple VBA example returns the number of elements currently selected in the focus Map and the PageLayout.

Public Sub GraphicSelectionCount()
  Dim pMxDocument As IMxDocument
  Dim pMap As IMap
  Dim pPageLayout As IPageLayout
  Dim pMapGraphicsSelect As IGraphicsContainerSelect
  Dim pPageLayoutGraphicsSelect As IGraphicsContainerSelect
  
  Set pMxDocument = Application.Document
  Set pMap = pMxDocument.FocusMap
  Set pPageLayout = pMxDocument.PageLayout
  Set pMapGraphicsSelect = pMap
  Set pPageLayoutGraphicsSelect = pPageLayout
  MsgBox pMapGraphicsSelect.ElementSelectionCount
  MsgBox pPageLayoutGraphicsSelect.ElementSelectionCount
End Sub

Members

	All Properties Methods	Description
	DominantElement	Dominant element.
	ElementSelected	Indicates if the element is selected.
	ElementSelectionCount	The number of selected elements.
	SelectAllElements	Selects all elements.
	SelectedElement	Returns the nth selected element. Use Selection count to get the number of selected elements.
	SelectedElements	The selected elements.
	SelectElement	Selects the specified element.
	SelectElements	Selects the specified elements.
	SelectionBounds	The bounds of the selection.
	SelectionTracker	Returns the tracker for the nth selected element. Use Selection count to get the number of selected elements.
	UnselectAllElements	Unselects all elements.
	UnselectElement	Unselects the specified element.
	UnselectElements	Unselects the specified elements.

CoClasses that implement IGraphicsContainerSelect

See Also

IGraphicsContainer Interface | IEnumElement Interface | IGraphicsContainerSelect Interface | IActiveView.Selection Property