[udig-devel] Detaching a View Programatically

[Emily Gouge <egouge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I came across the need to have a view detached by default. Some 
investigation lead me to this code which allows me to detach the view. 
I am running this code when the tool that requires the view makes the 
view visible (if it's not currently visible).

IViewReference ref = page.findViewReference(VIEW_ID);
((WorkbenchPage)page).detachView(ref);

However there are couple issues with this:
1) This line "((WorkbenchPage)page).detachView(ref);" results in the 
following warning:
Discouraged access:  The type WorkbenchPage is not accessible due to the 
restriction on required library 
org.eclipse.ui.workbench_3.3.2.M20080207-0800.jar

Can anyone point out to me the implications of this message?

2) If you close the view and re-open it again the view slowly moves down 
& to the right.  As well there seems to be a lot of flickering in the 
screen.  This is not a big problem; just rather annoying.

I'm curious to know if anyone has a better way to automatically detach 
views.

Emily