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get caret always returns null ? [message #160192]

Fri, 21 November 2003 11:52

Eclipse User

Hi !
I built a plugin that is a menu item in the java editor's popup menu.
I need to get the caret position from the editor. I tried different
"paths" to get to the caret, something like :

IEditorPart lastEditor;
// ...
lastEditor.getEditorSite().getPage().getWorkbenchWindow().ge tShell().getCaret();

But getCaret() always return null... ? Anybody knows why or how I can get
the caret's position ?

Thank all !

M.

Re: got it, no need to reply thanks [message #160207 is a reply to message #160192]

Fri, 21 November 2003 12:08

Eclipse User

OK, I got it... Actually, I only needed current line... Here is how I got
it (in case someone needs it) :

ISelection sel = ((ITextEditor)
(lastEditor).getSelectionProvider().getSelection();
System.out.println(((ITextSelection)sel).getStartLine());

--> where "lastEditor" is an IEditorPart implementer.
M.

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