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[solved] Common Navigator Drag and Drop [message #526030]

Thu, 08 April 2010 10:50

Eclipse User

I want to drag a Node Object from my Common Navigator onto an EditPart.
It already works with a Palette of the GEF Editor.

My Node is as simle as it can be:

class Node {
    private String name;

    public String getName() {
        return name;
    }

    public void setName(String name) {
        this.name = name;
    }
}

After googling and trying around for a day I am very confused about which steps to take in order to get the drag started with the correct Transfer Class and dragAssistant.

How do I accomplish a proper drag from the CN? Drop should work for it does with the Palette already.

Thanks for your help in advance.

Chris

[Updated on: Mon, 12 April 2010 05:35] by Moderator

Re: Common Navigator Drag and Drop [message #526184 is a reply to message #526030]

Fri, 09 April 2010 03:43

Eclipse User

Look at the org.eclipse.ui.navigator.viewer extension point and the dragAssistant description. You may not need a dragAssistant because it uses the LocalSelectionTransfer mechanism on the drag to capture your object.

Re: Common Navigator Drag and Drop [message #526528 is a reply to message #526184]

Mon, 12 April 2010 04:00

Eclipse User

Thank you for pointing me into the correct dirction - the drag works fine.

The issue is the drop listener I am using on the EditPart. It uses the TemplateTransferDropTargetListener which did not accept the drag apparently.

Now I have to figure out to use Palette dnd and CN dnd at the same time.

Re: Common Navigator Drag and Drop [message #526551 is a reply to message #526528]

Mon, 12 April 2010 05:27

Eclipse User

Quick follow up.

I figured out how to solve my problem very painlessly:

by using the TemplateTransfer one can use the CN Nodes just like the GEF Palette.

create a DragAdapterAssistant extending CommonDragAdapterAssistant
as Transfer use the org.eclipse.gef.dnd.TemplateTransfer
to transfer the data (template) use TemplateTransfer.getInstance().setTemplate(data)
in plugin.xml add a dragAssistant to org.eclipse.ui.navigator.viewer and configure it with your viewerID and the new DragAdapterAssistant class

That is it.

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