Re: [udig-devel] Detaching a View Programatically

[Emily Gouge <egouge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Andrea and Jesse.

Jesse - this would not go into uDig; it's something that would be 
specific to a clients program.

Emily

Jesse Eichar wrote:
> Hi Emily.
>
> That message means that you are accessing private classes and when we
> change eclipse versions it may stop working.  It is recommended that you
> hide the view if possible rather than detach it.  I would rather not
> have such code in the main uDig code base because of the danger it
> represents over time.  If a client needs it it is totally ok to have it
> in a non-udig plugin.
>
> Not having any specifics about the project I cant say much more.
>
> Jesse
>
> Emily Gouge wrote:
> > 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
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