Eclipse Community Forums: Rich Client Platform (RCP) » Changed View ID, now it never displays

Home » Eclipse Projects » Rich Client Platform (RCP) » Changed View ID, now it never displays

Changed View ID, now it never displays [message #768317]

Mon, 19 December 2011 17:43

Eclipse User

Yeah, I'm a total newbie at this.
I'm playing with the examples, trying to figure out where things are set.

I'm using the mail program example, as that has the most "stuff" to play with.
I changed the ID of a view from "test.navigatorView" to "test.folderView". I also changed the "id" field in the extension element for that view.

Now it just doesn't display. No errors, no nothing. The other view (that I also renamed earlier) displays just fine.

So, it means that I missed something - but I haven't been able to find any other references to the old View ID.
I used copy/paste to make sure the ID is the same in both places.

Any suggestions on where I should look?

Is there some place where runtime errors (like not finding the view class) are logged?

Re: Changed View ID, now it never displays [message #768342 is a reply to message #768317]

Mon, 19 December 2011 19:01

Eclipse User

Figured it out!
I had enabled configurer.setSaveAndRestore(true) shortly before this.
If I set it back to false, the view appears.
Change it back to true, the view disappears again.

Okay, so it seems that if it's restore the workbench, and you have a view that wasn't there before, it gives it 0 size? (or makes it invisible, something...)

So, how do I fix this, or prevent this, during developemnt?

Re: Changed View ID, now it never displays [message #769253 is a reply to message #768342]

Wed, 21 December 2011 11:52

Eclipse User

When adding or removing views from an open perspective, you either have to show the new view manually or reset the perspective.

PW

Re: Changed View ID, now it never displays [message #769263 is a reply to message #769253]

Wed, 21 December 2011 12:13

Eclipse User

I don't think you followed what I said.
I shutdown the app with setSaveAndRestore(True).
I then modified the code to use a different view name.
When I restarted the app, the new view doesn't get displayed.
Shudown the app, modify code so setSaveAndRestore(false).
Now when I restart the app the new view is displayed.

This situation is unlikely to occur during normal operation, but is likely to occur during development.
So, how do I "clear" the problem? Can I just delete the save/restore data? (if so, where is it?)

Re: Changed View ID, now it never displays [message #769674 is a reply to message #769263]

Thu, 22 December 2011 09:12

Eclipse User

There's 2 parts. You changed the plugin.xml information. You can try restarting with -clean to make it pick up the new view ID.

Also, when saveAndRestore was true the workbench wrote out the list of views with IDs open in your perspective. As long as it is set, the only way to see a new view added to a currently open perspective is to reset the perspective (which will close views manually opened that aren't part of the perspective).

PW

Re: Changed View ID, now it never displays [message #769796 is a reply to message #769674]

Thu, 22 December 2011 12:23

Eclipse User

Thanks!
I hope the -clean would have helped.
The fun part is that I somehow apparently did the equivalent while doing some eclipse updates. (added Perforce plugin)
It suddenly started working.
(Actually, I really dislike it when things start working again - and I don't know WHY.)

Previous Topic:	Change view tab color in a product.
Next Topic:	Using 3rd party .jar in my RCP app

Goto Forum:

-=] Back to Top [=-

Current Time: Tue Jul 22 20:02:55 EDT 2025

.:: Contact :: Home ::.

Breadcrumbs

Sign up to our Newsletter