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How to get the current caret position of a field [message #1699943] Mon, 29 June 2015 12:37 Go to next message
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I would like to mimic a feature known from some UI parts in Eclipse (especially launch configurations) - inserting a predefined variable. It allows to modify the value of a text field by inserting a special value to the position of the caret.

I'm struggling with how to get the caret position in Sapphire since the model does not propagate such UI-specific info. Is there a way how to implement this which does not involve creating a special field implementation?

Thanks in advance.

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Re: How to get the current caret position of a field [message #1701511 is a reply to message #1699943] Mon, 13 July 2015 18:50 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Konstantin Komissarchik is currently offline Konstantin KomissarchikFriend
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Sorry for the delay in responding. Currently, there is no API available to implement what you are describing. We should add a TextSelectionService similar to the existing ListSelectionService.

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Re: How to get the current caret position of a field [message #1706690 is a reply to message #1701511] Fri, 28 August 2015 17:51 Go to previous message
Konstantin Komissarchik is currently offline Konstantin KomissarchikFriend
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I had a bit of time recently to implement a ListSelectionService. Take a look and let us know how it worked for your usecase. There is a sample that shows you how to manipulate selection/caret and how to insert at current selection/caret.

https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=474735

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