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Maximize/restore a view programmatically [message #269795] Thu, 02 September 2004 13:02 Go to next message
Maya Barnea is currently offline Maya BarneaFriend
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Registered: July 2009
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Is there a way to maximize/restore a view programmatically?
Re: Maximize/restore a view programmatically [message #269827 is a reply to message #269795] Thu, 02 September 2004 14:12 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Originally posted by: Ines_Khelifi.ca.ibm.com

Maya Barnea wrote:

> Is there a way to maximize/restore a view programmatically?

Take a look at the API for the "ActionFactory" class
(org.eclipse.ui.actions.ActionFactory).

Here is quick example:

ActionFactory.IWorkbenchAction maximizeAction =
ActionFactory.MAXIMIZE.create(workbenchWindow);
maximizeAction.run(); // Will maximize the active part

Ines
Re: Maximize/restore a view programmatically [message #832803 is a reply to message #269827] Fri, 30 March 2012 15:57 Go to previous message
Chris Mooney is currently offline Chris MooneyFriend
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Registered: March 2012
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I recently found a solution for doing this within the view that you are trying to control:

class MyView extends ViewPart {

	/**
	 * @param state  one of the IWorkbenchPage STATE_* values: STATE_MAXIMIZED, 
         * STATE_MINIMIZED, STATE_RESTORED
	 */
	private void setViewState(int state) {
		IWorkbenchPage page 
                    = PlatformUI.getWorkbench().getActiveWorkbenchWindow().getActivePage();
		int currentState = page.getPartState(page.getReference(this));
		if(currentState != state) {
			page.activate(this);
			page.setPartState(page.getReference(this), state);
		}
	}

}


Adding this method to your view class will let you maximize the view by calling:

setViewState(IWorkbenchPage STATE_MAXIMIZED)


restore it by calling:

setViewState(IWorkbenchPage STATE_RESTORED)


and of course minimize it by calling:

setViewState(IWorkbenchPage STATE_MINIMIZED)


The effect will be that if you maximize this view, all other views get minimized, restore it and all the views go back to their previous state, and minimize and the other views will fight it out for real-estate Smile

share and enjoy!
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