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Dynamically changing the label of a Part [message #948911]

Thu, 18 October 2012 10:04

Istvan Meszaros
Messages: 15
Registered: October 2009

Junior Member

Hello!

How do i change the label of a Part dynamically?

I tried to retrieve the MPart via injection or via the EPartService, and call setLabel() on it. It worked but the change was not reflected on the rendered part. How do i update the rendered part to apply the model change?

My Part contains a CTabFolder, and i would like to set the active tab's text as the Part label:

	public void showTab(String tab) {
		CTabItem item = tabs.get(tab);
		if (item != null) {
			tabFolder.setSelection(item);
			createContentsForActiveTab();
			partService.findPart(PART_ID).setLabel(item.getText());
		}
	}

Thanks!

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Re: Dynamically changing the label of a Part [message #948939 is a reply to message #948911]

Thu, 18 October 2012 10:32

Sopot Cela
Messages: 467
Registered: December 2010

Senior Member

Are you in a handler? Try injecting the MPart directly.

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Re: Dynamically changing the label of a Part [message #948962 is a reply to message #948939]

Thu, 18 October 2012 10:54

Istvan Meszaros
Messages: 15
Registered: October 2009

Junior Member

I'm in the part implementation itself.

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Re: Dynamically changing the label of a Part [message #948996 is a reply to message #948962]

Thu, 18 October 2012 11:30

Christoph Keimel
Messages: 279
Registered: December 2010
Location: Germany

Senior Member

Try something like this:

public class PartOne {
	@Inject private MPart part;
	public void setPartLabel(String label) {
		part.setLabel(label);
	}
	
	...
}

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Re: Dynamically changing the label of a Part [message #949636 is a reply to message #948996]

Fri, 19 October 2012 02:28

Istvan Meszaros
Messages: 15
Registered: October 2009

Junior Member

Just figured out what the problem is. If i run the code from a handler, it works perfectly. I guess the framework can detect the change after running the handler. The only problem is that i need to change the label not only from a handler. There is a SelectionListener bound to the CTabFolder i use in the part, and the label change is triggered from there.

Is there any way to manually tell the framework to scan for model changes and apply them?

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Re: Dynamically changing the label of a Part [message #949678 is a reply to message #949636]

Fri, 19 October 2012 03:26

Christoph Keimel
Messages: 279
Registered: December 2010
Location: Germany

Senior Member

The framework will listen to model changes and apply them. Like Sopot said, you should inject the MPart directly into your contribution class.

Try this example:

public class MyPart {
	
	@Inject private MPart part;
	
	@PostConstruct
	public void postConstruct(Composite parent) {
		final Text text = new Text(parent, SWT.MULTI);
		text.setText("New Part Label");
		final Button btn = new Button(parent, SWT.PUSH);
		btn.setText("Change Part Label");
		btn.addSelectionListener(new SelectionAdapter() {
			@Override
			public void widgetSelected(SelectionEvent e) {
				part.setLabel(text.getText());
			}
		});
	}
	
}

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