UIDocument Active View Property

The currently active view of the currently active document.

Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.UI
Assembly: RevitAPIUI (in RevitAPIUI.dll) Version: 25.0.0.0 (25.0.0.0)

Syntax

public View ActiveView { get; set; }

Public Property ActiveView As View
	Get
	Set

public:
property View^ ActiveView {
	View^ get ();
	void set (View^ value);
}

member ActiveView : View with get, set

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException	When setting the property: If the 'view' argument is NULL.
ArgumentException	When setting the property: If the given view is not a valid view of the document; -or- If the given view is a template view; -or- If the given view is an internal view.
InvalidOperationException	When setting the property: If the document is not currently active; -or- If the document is currently modifiable (i.e. with an active transaction); -or- If the document is currently in read-only state; -or- When invoked during either ViewActivating or ViewActivated event; -or- When invoked during any pre-action kind of event, such as DocumentSaving, DocumentClosing, etc.

Exception

Condition

When setting the property: If the 'view' argument is NULL.

When setting the property:

When setting the property:

If the document is not currently active; -or-
If the document is currently modifiable (i.e. with an active transaction); -or-
If the document is currently in read-only state; -or-
When invoked during either ViewActivating or ViewActivated event; -or-
When invoked during any pre-action kind of event, such as DocumentSaving, DocumentClosing, etc.

Remarks

This property is applicable to the currently active document only. Returns if this document doesn't represent the active document.

The active view can only be changed when:

There is no open transaction.
IsModifiable is false.
IsReadOnly is false.
ViewActivating, ViewActivated, and any pre-action of events (such as DocumentSaving or DocumentClosingevents) are not being handled.