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Send To Front/Back requires a write txn? [message #1061921]

Tue, 04 June 2013 13:55

Eclipse User

Hi all,

Is it possible to change the z-order of shapes without having to use a transaction i.e. without going through PEService.sendToFront()/Back()? The use case for this is one shape partially obscured by another shape; it would be useful to send the obscured shape to the front simply by selecting it without having to use a transaction (and causing the editor to become "dirty").

In general, is there a way to make model changes that are simply NOT recorded?

Thanks,
Bob

Re: Send To Front/Back requires a write txn? [message #1061924 is a reply to message #1061921]

Tue, 04 June 2013 14:08

Eclipse User

Ah ha! I've found a solution!
In my DiagramContainer (or DiagramEditor for 0.9.2) I simply override selectionChanged(IWorkbenchPart,ISelection) and add this after the call to super:

	for (PictogramElement pe : getSelectedPictogramElements()) {
		if (pe instanceof ContainerShape && !(pe instanceof Diagram)) {
			final ContainerShape shape = (ContainerShape)pe;
			ContainerShape container = shape.getContainer();
			int size = container.getChildren().size();
			if (size>1)
				container.getChildren().move(size-1, shape);
		}
	}

the EList.move() method does not require a write transaction for some reason Smile

Bob

[Updated on: Tue, 04 June 2013 14:09] by Moderator

Re: Send To Front/Back requires a write txn? [message #1062137 is a reply to message #1061924]

Thu, 06 June 2013 03:53

Eclipse User

Bob,

probably this already runs in a write transaction.

All changes to the EMF model done in a Graphiti diagram editor need a
transaction (the editor uses a transaction editing domain).

Michael

Re: Send To Front/Back requires a write txn? [message #1064328 is a reply to message #1062137]

Tue, 18 June 2013 14:12

Eclipse User

Hmm, I think what's happening is that the implementation (a BasicEList) doesn't send notifications about the move. In any case, it does what I need it to do...until somebody "fixes" the move() behavior Wink

UPDATE: Send To Front/Back requires a write txn? Yes, yes it does! [message #1065975 is a reply to message #1064328]

Fri, 28 June 2013 10:44

Eclipse User

The EList.move() trick is a very, very, very bad idea because it does not get recorded in the undo stack (well, duh!) The result is that an undo will affect the wrong ContainerShape because the order of children has been switched and the undo command will reverse changes on the wrong element.

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