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Hiding child nodes blocks space [message #714304]

Wed, 10 August 2011 09:36

Greg

Messages: 15
Registered: April 2011

Junior Member

Hi,

after hiding child nodes contained in a compartment programmatically the nodes disappear but the space they used before is blocked and the compartment cannot minimize.

I realized it like:

Figure childFigure, parentFigure;

childFigure.setVisible(false);

parentFigure.revalidate();
parentFigure.repaint();

I have created a workaround but that only causes more problems. I create a list of elements and store the ones I want to hide in them. After that I delete the element from the parents list.

It creates the following warning output to my console:

!ENTRY org.eclipse.gmf.runtime.draw2d.ui 2 2 2011-08-10 11:31:25.964
!MESSAGE MapModeUtil#getMapMode(IFigure fig) fig parameter must be attached to a parent - using default MapMode

Another side effect makes children that are added to a hidden child node of a compartment grow really big once the child nodes are shown again.

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Re: Hiding child nodes blocks space [message #714308 is a reply to message #714304]

Wed, 10 August 2011 09:38

Ralph Gerbig

Messages: 702
Registered: November 2009

Senior Member

Hi,

you should use the view to hide editparts. You can get it via getNotationView(). This resolves your problem.

Ralph

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Re: Hiding child nodes blocks space [message #714363 is a reply to message #714308]

Wed, 10 August 2011 12:24

Greg

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Registered: April 2011

Junior Member

I tried to implement your suggestion like this:

for (GraphicalEditPart ePart : childEPartList)
{
  ePart.getNotationView().setVisible(false);
}

But all I get is:
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Cannot modify resource set without a write transaction

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Re: Hiding child nodes blocks space [message #714365 is a reply to message #714363]

Wed, 10 August 2011 12:35

Ralph Gerbig

Messages: 702
Registered: November 2009

Senior Member

Hi,

try using commands.

CommandParameter parameters = new CommandParameter(...)
Command cmd = getEditingDomain().createCommand(SetCommand.class, parameters);
getEditingDomain().getCommandStack().execute(cmd);

This should help you.

Ralph

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Re: Hiding child nodes blocks space [message #714385 is a reply to message #714365]

Wed, 10 August 2011 13:15

Greg

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Registered: April 2011

Junior Member

It does help me but doesn't solve my issue, yet.

Using a command would've been my next step but I don't know how to write this command and your code is only schematic.

I understand only a little of the whole command framework although I read though all the open documents.

I don't know what command to create here but also am pretty sure that SetCommand is the wrong one. It is an EMF command and here I try to modify a GMF view.

So this is the closest I can get:

GraphicalEditPart gEPart;

SetCommand cmd = new SetCommand(gEPart.getEditingDomain(), gEPart.getNotationView(), _________ , false);

gEPart.getEditingDomain().getCommandStack().execute(cmd);

I'm looking for the precise command and hope to understand a little more about it.

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Re: Hiding child nodes blocks space [message #714406 is a reply to message #714385]

Wed, 10 August 2011 13:37

Ralph Gerbig

Messages: 702
Registered: November 2009

Senior Member

Hi,

the view is in the notational model which is in fact an EMF model. Hence, a EMF command is the right way to manipulate views.

I think in your code all that is missing is the feature you want to set which is returned by

NotationPackageImpl.eINSTANCE.getView_Visible()

Ralph

[Updated on: Wed, 10 August 2011 13:38]

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Re: Hiding child nodes blocks space [message #714411 is a reply to message #714385]

Wed, 10 August 2011 13:42

Greg

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Registered: April 2011

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OK I wrote the following:

for (GraphicalEditPart ePart : childEPartList)
{
  SetCommand cmd = new SetCommand(ePart.getEditingDomain(), ePart.getNotationView(), NotationPackage.eINSTANCE.getView_Visible(), false);

  ePart.getEditingDomain().getCommandStack().execute(cmd);
}

and still got :

java.lang.IllegalStateException: Cannot modify resource set without a write transaction

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Re: Hiding child nodes blocks space [message #714422 is a reply to message #714411]

Wed, 10 August 2011 14:02

Ralph Gerbig

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Registered: November 2009

Senior Member

Hi,

when do you want to do this? React on a model change, diagram startup, etc.

Ralph

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Re: Hiding child nodes blocks space [message #714485 is a reply to message #714422]

Wed, 10 August 2011 16:02

Greg

Messages: 15
Registered: April 2011

Junior Member

OK, this might be another issue.

Currently this is invoked by a listener which is attached to a Custom figure that contains an image. It is similar to this example( http://www.eclipse.org/gmt/epsilon/doc/articles/eugenia-nodes-with-images/ ) only my version has an image inside the node.

This image represents a button. On click I react with the MouseListener, change the image and do something. In this case I hide several elements.

I guess I am outside the context to send any command here?

Unfortunately there is no EditPart to this figure so I cannot install an EditPolicy, or can I? What request do I wait for?

This is drifting away from the original topic but do you have any idea how to fix this?

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Re: Hiding child nodes blocks space [message #715048 is a reply to message #714485]

Fri, 12 August 2011 08:36

Greg

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Registered: April 2011

Junior Member

I managed to make it work using your help but have a different effect, again.

Now the top level node can be collapsed and open from outside using the following command:

SetRequest request = new SetRequest(ePart.getNotationView(), NotationPackage.eINSTANCE.getView_Visible(), true);

SetValueCommand cmd = new SetValueCommand(request);

But once I save the diagram with the node in the collapsed status, close it and open it up again, the node cannot be opened again and has lost all its children.

Debugging it I saw that the EditParts of the children vanish from the parent's list with the execution of the SetValueCommand (...getView_Visible, false).

This cannot be right.

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Re: Hiding child nodes blocks space [message #715111 is a reply to message #715048]

Fri, 12 August 2011 11:56

Ralph Gerbig

Messages: 702
Registered: November 2009

Senior Member

Hi,

to get the children again after seting visible to true try this on the editpart:

performRequest(new Request(RequestConstants.REQ_REFRESH));

Ralph

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Re: Hiding child nodes blocks space [solved] [message #716125 is a reply to message #714304]

Tue, 16 August 2011 13:52

J.Teutsch

Messages: 7
Registered: November 2010

Junior Member

I found the solution to the problem Smile

Interesting is that

 editpart.getChildren()

only returns those editpart that are visible. The invisible editparts are not listed.

So iterating over those children is not helpful.

The solution is

    View notationView = editPart.getNotationView();
    EList<EObject> viewchildren = notationView.getChildren();
    for (EObject object : viewchildren)
    {
      SetRequest request = new SetRequest(object, NotationPackage.eINSTANCE.getView_Visible(), true);

      SetValueCommand cmd = new SetValueCommand(request);
      compositecommand.add(cmd);
    }

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