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Re: Bizarre issue with tab order in a ToolBar [message #479849]

Wed, 12 August 2009 17:12

Eric Rizzo

Messages: 3071
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

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Brian Fitzpatrick wrote:
> Hi all...
>
> I'm guessing I'm just missing something simple. But I have a Toolbar
> with two ToolItems in it. When the user goes to tab through the toolbar,
> they can tab to the first button but not the second. There is no
> difference with how I'm adding the two buttons, but the tab order just
> skips to the next control on the page.
>
> I'm not using complicated logic here...
>
> toolBar = new ToolBar(this.mPanel, SWT.FLAT);
> if (flag1) {
> item1 = new ToolItem(toolBar, SWT.PUSH);
> }
> if (flag2) {
> item2 = new ToolItem(toolBar, SWT.PUSH);
> }
>
> I've tried adjusting the TabList on the ToolBar instance, but can't set
> it for some reason without throwing an
> "java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Argument not valid" exception.
>
> Any ideas would be great.
>
> Thanks in advance!
> --Fitz

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Re: Bizarre issue with tab order in a ToolBar [message #479859 is a reply to message #479849]

Wed, 12 August 2009 18:15

Brian Fitzpatrick

Messages: 500
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

Eric Rizzo wrote:
> Copying to the SWT newsgroup, eclipse.platform.swt
>
> Brian Fitzpatrick wrote:
>> Hi all...
>>
>> I'm guessing I'm just missing something simple. But I have a Toolbar
>> with two ToolItems in it. When the user goes to tab through the
>> toolbar, they can tab to the first button but not the second. There is
>> no difference with how I'm adding the two buttons, but the tab order
>> just skips to the next control on the page.
>>
>> I'm not using complicated logic here...
>>
>> toolBar = new ToolBar(this.mPanel, SWT.FLAT);
>> if (flag1) {
>> item1 = new ToolItem(toolBar, SWT.PUSH);
>> }
>> if (flag2) {
>> item2 = new ToolItem(toolBar, SWT.PUSH);
>> }
>>
>> I've tried adjusting the TabList on the ToolBar instance, but can't
>> set it for some reason without throwing an
>> "java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Argument not valid" exception.
>>
>> Any ideas would be great.
>>
>> Thanks in advance!
>> --Fitz
Thanks Eric!

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Re: Bizarre issue with tab order in a ToolBar [message #484516 is a reply to message #479859]

Tue, 08 September 2009 02:41

Benjamin Gold

Messages: 6
Registered: July 2009

Junior Member

My experience with SWT's ToolBar is that you can tab into and out of it, but to actually navigate between ToolItems you have to switch to using arrow keys (left/right).

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Ben Gold

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