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How to add a text panel to my diagram editor ? [message #709750]

Thu, 04 August 2011 08:59

Valerian Merkling

Messages: 71
Registered: May 2011

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Hi everyone !

I've got a diagram editor, with a class A.

This class A got a property B which is a String.

My problem is that this string may be huge, and won't fit in the default property editor.

I would like to add a new panel with a text area where i can edit B for the selected A, but i've no idea about how to do that.

I'm quite used to swing but rcp development is new for me.

Can someone help me ? GMF generate so many classes, i don't even know where to start searching.

Thanks a lot !

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(no subject) [message #709901 is a reply to message #709750]

Thu, 04 August 2011 13:04

Mickael Istria

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Registered: July 2009
Location: Grenoble, France

Senior Member

You could think about using EEF [1] to customize your property views,

Or you can also code your own property sheets for your diagram. In order
to do so, take a look at the generated plugin.xml and mimic the way GMF
generates your "Rules & Grid" sections and so on.

HTH,

[1] http://www.eclipse.org/modeling/emft/?project=eef
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Re: (no subject) [message #709956 is a reply to message #709901]

Thu, 04 August 2011 14:23

Christian Smietana

Messages: 14
Registered: February 2011

Junior Member

In the EMF genmodel, set "multiline" to true for the string property, then the default property sheet will contain a nice little multiline editor.

You could also install a modified open diagram policy so that on double click a text input is opened.

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