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Set focus in properties view [message #335829]

Sat, 02 May 2009 22:06

Michael

Messages: 23
Registered: July 2009

Junior Member

Hi,

I display the Properties View with
PlatformUI.getWorkbench().getActiveWorkbenchWindow().
getActivePage().showView("org.eclipse.ui.views.PropertySheet ");

How can I achieve that the focus (cursor) is on a special attribute, e.g.
the name attribute?

Thanks,
Michaek

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Re: Set focus in properties view [message #335830 is a reply to message #335829]

Sun, 03 May 2009 01:02

Ben Vitale

Messages: 247
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

I'm not sure there is API to achieve this. I poked around on
PropertySheetPage and didn't see anything. Ditto on the underlying
PropertySheetViewer. Feel free to have a look yourself though.

You may want to check out the tabbed properties view, which is more
flexible.

http://www.eclipse.org/articles/Article-Tabbed-Properties/ta bbed_properties_view.html

Cheers
Ben

Michael wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I display the Properties View with
> PlatformUI.getWorkbench().getActiveWorkbenchWindow().
> getActivePage().showView("org.eclipse.ui.views.PropertySheet ");
>
> How can I achieve that the focus (cursor) is on a special attribute,
> e.g. the name attribute?
>
> Thanks,
> Michaek
>
>

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Re: Set focus in properties view [message #335831 is a reply to message #335830]

Sun, 03 May 2009 12:01

Michael

Messages: 23
Registered: July 2009

Junior Member

Hi Ben,

thanks for your answer. It's already a tabbed property view since it's
about the properties of a GMF diagram.

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Re: Set focus in properties view [message #335834 is a reply to message #335831]

Sun, 03 May 2009 21:41

Ben Vitale

Messages: 247
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

Probably the place you'll have sufficient information to find that field
is in the ISection implementation. You can extend refresh() to set focus
where you want it.

I guess it depends on when you want that field to gain focus. Only the
first time the view is opened? In that scenario you'd probably have to
make your logic a little smarter..

Hope that helps.

-Ben

Michael wrote:
> Hi Ben,
>
> thanks for your answer. It's already a tabbed property view since it's
> about the properties of a GMF diagram.
>

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