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why ComboViewer starts with blank selection? [message #558054] Thu, 09 September 2010 23:16 Go to next message
Frank is currently offline Frank
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I constructed a ComboViewer by giving it both content provider and label provider, it works ok, but it is annoying that the combo viewer always start with a blank selection, even though I declared this:

comboViewer.getCombo().select( 0 );


or this:

comboViewer.setSelection( new StructuredSelection(list[0]) );


How can I avoid that blank selection?

[Updated on: Thu, 09 September 2010 23:18]

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Re: why ComboViewer starts with blank selection? [message #558109 is a reply to message #558054] Fri, 10 September 2010 04:09 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Thomas Schindl is currently offline Thomas Schindl
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When are you doing this call. It has to be after the setInput() call.

Tom

Am 10.09.10 05:16, schrieb Frank:
> I constructed a ComboViewer by giving it both content provider and label
> provider, it works ok, but it is annoying that the combo viewer start
> with a blank selectio always, even though I declared this:
>
> comboViewer.getCombo().select( 0 );
>
> or this:
>
> comboViewer.setSelection( new StructuredSelection(list[0]) );
>
> How can I avoid that blank selection?
>
>

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Re: why ComboViewer starts with blank selection? [message #558123 is a reply to message #558109] Fri, 10 September 2010 05:17 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Frank is currently offline Frank
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Here is my code snippet
    comboViewer = new ComboViewer( this, SWT.READ_ONLY );
    comboViewer.getCombo().setLayoutData( gridData1 );

    IStructuredContentProvider contentProvider = ArrayContentProvider.getInstance();
    comboViewer.setContentProvider( contentProvider );

    ILabelProvider labelProvider = new LabelProvider()
      {
        @Override
        public String getText( Object element )
        {
          MyExtension extension = (MyExtension) element;
          return extension.getDisplayText();
        }
      };
    comboViewer.setLabelProvider( labelProvider );

    MyExtension[] extensions = MyExtensions.getExtensions();
    comboViewer.setInput(extensions);
    // TODO avoid blank selection
    comboViewer.getCombo().select( 0 );

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Re: why ComboViewer starts with blank selection? [message #558127 is a reply to message #558123] Fri, 10 September 2010 05:32 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Frank is currently offline Frank
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I feel that I have found the reason, but I don't know how to resolve it.

All those control settings are contained in a Dialog, the setSelection method doesn't work, of course, before the Dialog opens.

I want the selection be set when the Dialog opens.

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Re: why ComboViewer starts with blank selection? [message #558129 is a reply to message #558123] Fri, 10 September 2010 05:20 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Thomas Schindl is currently offline Thomas Schindl
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What is this - a composite?

Tom

Am 10.09.10 11:17, schrieb Frank:
> Here is my code snippet
>
> comboViewer = new ComboViewer( this, SWT.READ_ONLY );
> comboViewer.getCombo().setLayoutData( gridData1 );
>
> IStructuredContentProvider contentProvider =
> ArrayContentProvider.getInstance();
> comboViewer.setContentProvider( contentProvider );
>
> ILabelProvider labelProvider = new LabelProvider()
> {
> @Override
> public String getText( Object element )
> {
> MyExtension extension = (MyExtension) element;
> return extension.getDisplayText();
> }
> };
> comboViewer.setLabelProvider( labelProvider );
>
> MyExtension[] extensions = MyExtensions.getExtensions();
> comboViewer.setInput(extensions);
> // TODO avoid blank selection
> comboViewer.getCombo().select( 0 );

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Re: why ComboViewer starts with blank selection? [message #558135 is a reply to message #558127] Fri, 10 September 2010 05:49 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Thomas Schindl is currently offline Thomas Schindl
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So you are saying that the call has no effect when done before the shell
is shown?

Can you give use more details about your Eclipse version, OS, ... and
some snippet we can run to reproduce the problem?

Tom

Am 10.09.10 11:32, schrieb Frank:
> I feel that I have found the reason, but I don't know how to resolve it.
>
> All those control settings are contained in a Dialog, the setSelection
> method doesn't work, of course, before the Dialog opens.
>
> I want the selection be set when the Dialog opens.

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Re: why ComboViewer starts with blank selection? [message #558324 is a reply to message #558135] Sat, 11 September 2010 05:20 Go to previous message
Frank is currently offline Frank
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Thank you very much Tom.
I'm sorry that it turns out to be my fault. I introduced a bug to the data-binding part of my code.
Sorry.

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