Description Nick Edgar 2001-10-10 22:47:16 EDT

From EC post: "How do I prevent new File wizard from opening the Editor when finished?"
by Randy Hudson on Oct. 5, 2001.

When I create a new file, it gets opened automatically.  How do I prevent
this?


NOTES:

NE (10/9/01 12:08:27 PM)
If you're using the simple file wizard, this behaviour is hardcoded in
BasicNewFileResourceWizard.performFinish().
There is no way to prevent this behaviour, other than by creating your own
wizard.
What's your scenario?

NE (10/9/01 12:08:35 PM)
RH says:
I was curious to know if I could prevent this since it has the overhead of
loading the plugin.
Maybe creating a wizard page is the answer for now.

NE (10/9/01 12:08:40 PM)
So you want to be able to create new files, but not edit them right away.
I assume you'll go back and edit them later?

Would it suffice to add a global preference to enable/disable automatic
opening of editors when files are created?

NE (10/9/01 12:08:49 PM)
RH says:
Sounds good to me.  I just thought of a more valid case:  The file type
being created has no internal Editor, only extenal, such as an Image file.

Should wizard writers be able to ignore/go against this preference?  Can
they have access to it so as to respect the setting?

NE (10/9/01 12:10:34 PM)
The pref should be made public, with guidelines suggesting that wizards respect it.