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Replace Contents of Editor [message #463554]

Tue, 13 February 2007 09:57

Eclipse User

I have an editor open. A choice list exists in the view on the left side
of the perspective. As I navigate the choice list I want to replace the
contents of the editor. I cannot find in the API how this is done. Help!

Thanks

John

PS if this is the wrong forum forgive and redirect.

Re: Replace Contents of Editor [message #463556 is a reply to message #463554]

Tue, 13 February 2007 11:57

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: peter_ossipov.mail.ru

In my opinion you are going the wrong way. Views have that behavior of
changing what they have in them that way, but not editors. An example is
a property sheet view org.eclipse.ui.views.properties.PropertySheet.
What that one does is like this (within your editor, of course):
getSite().getPage().addSelectionListener(ISelectionListener) ;
then you will be notified.
Do not forget to remove the listener in dispose method.

John wrote:
> I have an editor open. A choice list exists in the view on the left
> side of the perspective. As I navigate the choice list I want to
> replace the contents of the editor. I cannot find in the API how this
> is done. Help!
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
> John
>
> PS if this is the wrong forum forgive and redirect.
>

Re: Replace Contents of Editor [message #463622 is a reply to message #463554]

Tue, 13 February 2007 14:42

Eclipse User

for a text editor you would probably do it by using the editor
IEditorInput and the text editor document provider to get an IDocument
(which is the text document model). When you update the IDocument, that
should replace the text for everybody that watches that model.

maybe ....

Later,
PW

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