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Simple Eclipse multi-page editor question [message #526805]

Mon, 12 April 2010 22:50

Eclipse User

Hi,
Can someone tell me if there is any way to customize the Eclipse Multipage editor (MultiPageEditorPart) so that the tabs appear at the top instead of at the bottom? I looked at the MultiPageEditorPart.createContainer() method and saw that it specifys the style SWT.BOTTON. However, I saw no way in which I can override this behavior to show my tabs at the top.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Regards,
-Manas

Re: Simple Eclipse multi-page editor question [message #526929 is a reply to message #526805]

Tue, 13 April 2010 10:09

Eclipse User

There's no API way to change this. The fact that an MPEP is implemented
using a CTabFolder is "hidden".

The only way you could do it is the hack you mentioned, getContainer()
followed by an instanceof check ... totally unsupported.

PW

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Re: Simple Eclipse multi-page editor question [message #552057 is a reply to message #526805]

Tue, 10 August 2010 12:22

Eclipse User

after the container is created if you do getContainer it should be of type CTabFolder.

CTabFolder objects have a method setTabPosition which will allow you to specify SWT.TOP

**WARNING**
The reason getContainer returns type Composite is that it is not guaranteed to be a particular type (in this case CTabFolder) so if in future releases of eclipse they could very well change the underlying container type and it would then break your code. I was looking for a link to the documentation but couldn't find it.

Hope that helps.

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