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Programmatically close file in text editor? [message #1065030]

Sun, 23 June 2013 16:40

Eclipse Explorer

Messages: 18
Registered: February 2013

Junior Member

Hello,

I have a TextEditor open and it displays text from several files.

How can I programmatically close one of these files?

Thanks for your help.

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Re: Programmatically close file in text editor? [message #1065032 is a reply to message #1065030]

Sun, 23 June 2013 17:11

Luuk 34

Messages: 13
Registered: November 2012

Junior Member

On 23-06-2013 18:40, Eclipse Explorer wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a TextEditor open and it displays text from several files.
>
> How can I programmatically close one of these files?
>
> Thanks for your help.
>

You dont have to write a program for that,
The have a build in key, just for that purpose
It's: ALT+F4

;)

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Re: Programmatically close file in text editor? [message #1065033 is a reply to message #1065032]

Sun, 23 June 2013 17:29

Eclipse Explorer

Messages: 18
Registered: February 2013

Junior Member

Thanks Luuk,

I realize that I can use key combinations, or click the "x" in the editor. However, the logic for the code that I am writing requires that I close the file programmatically.

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Re: Programmatically close file in text editor? [message #1065034 is a reply to message #1065033]

Sun, 23 June 2013 18:55

Luuk 34

Messages: 13
Registered: November 2012

Junior Member

On 23-06-2013 19:29, Eclipse Explorer wrote:
> Thanks Luuk,
>
> I realize that I can use key combinations, or click the "x" in the
> editor. However, the logic for the code that I am writing requires that
> I close the file programmatically.

Ok,
what language do you want to program this in?
and on what OS?

If its Windows, take look at AutoIt
(http://www.autoitscript.com/site/autoit/)

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Re: Programmatically close file in text editor? [message #1065039 is a reply to message #1065034]

Mon, 24 June 2013 03:30

Nitin Dahyabhai

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Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

You should call IWorkbenchPage.html#closeEditor() .

http://help.eclipse.org/indigo/topic/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/reference/api/org/eclipse/ui/IWorkbenchPage.html

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Nitin Dahyabhai
Eclipse Web Tools Platform

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Re: Programmatically close file in text editor? [message #1065156 is a reply to message #1065039]

Mon, 24 June 2013 14:07

Eclipse Explorer

Messages: 18
Registered: February 2013

Junior Member

Hi Nitin,

When the editor has several pages (files) open, I only want to close one of the pages.

The snippet that you provided closes all the pages.

Thanks for your help.

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Re: Programmatically close file in text editor? [message #1065157 is a reply to message #1065156]

Mon, 24 June 2013 14:12

Nitin Dahyabhai

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Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

It's not possible to close a single page of a MultiPageEditorPart without that editor having done a significant amount of work to allow it, and presumably, giving you an API of its own to do so. There's no standard way to do so.

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Nitin Dahyabhai
Eclipse Web Tools Platform

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Re: Programmatically close file in text editor? [message #1065162 is a reply to message #1065157]

Mon, 24 June 2013 14:33

Eclipse Explorer

Messages: 18
Registered: February 2013

Junior Member

Hi Nitin,

It's not a multipage editor; it's an extension from org.eclipse.ui.editors.text.TextEditor.

An analogy is the Java Editor. If you have several java files open, and delete one of these files in the Package Explorer, "Eclipse" no longer displays the file that you deleted in the Java editor. I am attempting to accomplish this programmatically.

Once again, thank you for your help.

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