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[SOLVED] Dynamically adding/removing actions to/from the ToolbarManager in form's header [message #656967]

Tue, 01 March 2011 08:29

Jan Krakora

Messages: 477
Registered: December 2009
Location: Prague

Senior Member

Hi guys,

I have a SharedHeaderFormEditor with it's shared HeaderForm. I also have two IFormPages added to it. The head of the HeaderForm has set an icon and a text. I would like to add an Action to the shared HeaderForm when the second page is selected and remove this Action when it's unselected.

So I have this code in the second page:

    @Override
    public void setActive(boolean active) {
        super.setActive(active);
        if (active) {
            IManagedForm headerForm = ((SharedHeaderFormEditor) getEditor()).getHeaderForm();
            headerForm.getForm().getToolBarManager().add(getVerticalAction());
            headerForm.getForm().updateToolBar();
        } else {
            headerForm.getForm().getToolBarManager().remove(getVerticalAction().getId());
            headerForm.getForm().updateToolBar();
        }
    }

    private IAction getVerticalAction() {
        if (verticalAction == null) {
            verticalAction = new Action(null, Action.AS_RADIO_BUTTON) {

                @Override
                public void run() {
                    .....
                }
            };
            verticalAction.setId("verticalAction");
            verticalAction.setChecked(true);
            verticalAction.setToolTipText("vertical");
            verticalAction.setImageDescriptor(myImageDescriptor);
        }
        return verticalAction;
    }

This way the action is added/removed properly but the toolbar has gray background until I minimize and maximize or move the entire workbench window. I tried call all of this

                headerForm.reflow(true);
		headerForm.refresh();
		headerForm.getForm().getParent().redraw();
		headerForm.getForm().getParent().update();
		headerForm.getForm().getParent().layout();
		headerForm.getForm().getForm().getHead().redraw();
		headerForm.getForm().getForm().getHead().update();
         	headerForm.getForm().getForm().getHead().layout();
		headerForm.getForm().getForm().redraw();
		headerForm.getForm().getForm().update();
		headerForm.getForm().getForm().layout();

but nothing helps. Am I missing something about toolbars?

[Updated on: Thu, 03 March 2011 22:36]

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