Get UI Thread & Handle for VisualStudio Shell

StackOverflow https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19384098

  •  30-06-2022
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Question

Is there a way for a VS Package/Extension to get the VisualStudio main UI thread in any way during runtime? Equally, is it possible to get the Handle for it, for example to display a message box with the proper Parent/Owner being set?

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Solution

To answer my own Question - there's a Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.ThreadHelper class that provides access to the VS UI thread and for the handle, one can use the IVsUIShell.GetDialogOwnerHwnd() helper method.

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