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Programatically open Combo list? [message #461486]

Mon, 26 September 2005 14:29

Mark Diggory

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How can I programatically open a Combo's list and highlight an entry?

thanks,
Mark

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Re: Programatically open Combo list? [message #461488 is a reply to message #461486]

Mon, 26 September 2005 15:20

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: sunil_kamath.nohotspammail.com

"Mark Diggory" <mdiggory@apache.org> wrote in message
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> How can I programatically open a Combo's list
You cannot. (At least not in a platform-independent fashion).

> and highlight an entry?
>
combo.select(index)
If using a ComboViewer then call setSelection().
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Sunil

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Re: Programatically open Combo list? [message #461491 is a reply to message #461488]

Mon, 26 September 2005 15:54

arne anka

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> You cannot. (At least not in a platform-independent fashion).

maybe by emulating a mouse-over-event?

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Re: Programatically open Combo list? [message #461492 is a reply to message #461488]

Mon, 26 September 2005 17:04

Mark Diggory

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What about ComboViewer.listShowSelection()? Will this open the dropdown
and show the selection?

-Mark

Sunil Kamath wrote:
> "Mark Diggory" <mdiggory@apache.org> wrote in message
> news:dh90kf$2oi$1@news.eclipse.org...
>
>>How can I programatically open a Combo's list
>
> You cannot. (At least not in a platform-independent fashion).
>
>
>>and highlight an entry?
>>
>
> combo.select(index)
> If using a ComboViewer then call setSelection().
> ---
> Sunil
>
>

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Re: Programatically open Combo list? [message #461493 is a reply to message #461492]

Mon, 26 September 2005 19:28

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Originally posted by: sunil_kamath.nohotspammail.com

"Mark Diggory" <mdiggory@apache.org> wrote in message
news:43382A36.9040705@apache.org...
> What about ComboViewer.listShowSelection()? Will this open the dropdown
> and show the selection?
>
> -Mark
>
Nope. This method does nothing.
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Sunil

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Re: Programatically open Combo list? [message #461578 is a reply to message #461491]

Mon, 26 September 2005 19:28

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Originally posted by: sunil_kamath.nohotspammail.com

"arne anka" <arne.anka@ginguppin.de> wrote in message
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>> You cannot. (At least not in a platform-independent fashion).
>
> maybe by emulating a mouse-over-event?

How?
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Sunil

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Re: Programatically open Combo list? [message #461596 is a reply to message #461486]

Mon, 26 September 2005 23:12

Steve Northover

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See https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=21619

"Mark Diggory" <mdiggory@apache.org> wrote in message
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> How can I programatically open a Combo's list and highlight an entry?
>
> thanks,
> Mark

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Re: Programatically open Combo list? [message #461686 is a reply to message #461578]

Tue, 27 September 2005 07:22

arne anka

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Registered: July 2009

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>> maybe by emulating a mouse-over-event?
>
> How?

don't know atm, but i would think the default dropping is triggered be
such an event -- so one might be able to emulate it? if i would use it i
had to do further research ...

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