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Access to SWT Widgets in Parts at runtime [message #1016830]

Thu, 07 March 2013 20:26

Marina Knieling

Messages: 83
Registered: February 2013

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Hi at all,

is it possible to get access to the SWT Widgets of a Part at runtime in a Handler class?

I have a Customer View that shall act as both, view and editor. I have text fields in there and I want the text fields to be disabled / not editable by default (act as View = read-only to prevent unintentional editing) and if I invoke the "Edit Customer" command (from the main menu or context menu from view) I want the text fields in that view to be editable and in addition show a 'Save' and 'Cancel' button in that part.

I use the following code to make sure the command can be executed and the right part is active:

@CanExecute
	public boolean canEditCustomer(@Optional @Named(IServiceConstants.ACTIVE_PART) MApplicationElement part) {
		// true if Active part is of type "customerDetails"
		if (part.getElementId().equals("com.im.ticd.app.part.customerDetails"))
			return true;
		else
			return false;
	}

But how - if at all - can I get access to my text fields in that part. I cannot cast to that implementation class as it doesn't inherit from MPart, so I think accessor methods like getNameTextField() won't work.

Any ideas on how to accomplish this?

Thx, Marina

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Re: Access to SWT Widgets in Parts at runtime [message #1016911 is a reply to message #1016830]

Fri, 08 March 2013 08:09

Bastian Wagenfeld

Messages: 183
Registered: January 2013

Senior Member

Hi Marina,

can you send an event from your Handler, so your View/Part gets notified. I suppose the Part includes the SWT widgets and can control them. So it should just set them to be editable. Or did i misunderstand something?

Best regards
Bastian

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Re: Access to SWT Widgets in Parts at runtime [message #1016913 is a reply to message #1016911]

Fri, 08 March 2013 08:12

Dirk Fauth

Messages: 2902
Registered: July 2012

Senior Member

Using MPart.getObject() will return the part implementation. You need to cast this to your concrete implementation and it should work out for you.

Of course you should do an instanceof check prior casting to ensure the command handler is not executed from another part.

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Re: Access to SWT Widgets in Parts at runtime [message #1016961 is a reply to message #1016913]

Fri, 08 March 2013 11:11

Marina Knieling

Messages: 83
Registered: February 2013

Member

This sounds exactly like what I was looking for. I've been looking through all those MPart methods, but the JavaDoc isn't really helpful for them, because it's only the default EMF docs.

I will try that and post later whether it worked for me.
Thx for now.

[UPDATE]
Works perfectly, thanks.

[Updated on: Fri, 08 March 2013 12:29]

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