Description cr 2005-03-18 04:04:08 EST

If a combo box has not the stlye STW-READ_ONLY applied, one can assume, the 
combo box can be edited, put in custom values. But the implementation of the 
API does not support this behaviour. It only supports returning -1 
(doGetValue)if you type in a custom value. To pass a custom value to the combo 
box - only integer values are allowed (doSetValue) is not possible (you can 
only pass -1 for a custom value. 
 
If the combo box is not hidden, on can subclass the widget and work with the 
method's comboBox.getText()/setText() as a hack. 
 
I have implemented the method doGetValue() and doSetValue() the following way 
to get an editable combo box for my purposes: 
 
protected Object doGetValue() { 
    return comboBox.getText(); 
} 
 
 
protected void doSetValue(final Object value) { 
    Assert.isTrue(value instanceof String); 
    int selection = -1; 
 
    for (int i = 0; i < items.length; i++) { 
        final String currentItem = items[i]; 
 
        if (currentItem.equals(value.toString())) { 
            selection = i; 
        } 
    } 
 
    comboBox.select(selection); 
    comboBox.setText(value.toString()); 
} 
 
 
I the method getValue() of the CellEditor, return the same string as one in the 
items list or the custom object. 
 
A generally valid implementation and clean implementation is welcome! There is 
also a custom implementation in the EMF Framework with a list of object (not 
Strings) and a ILabelProvider to represent the objects in the combo box. Why?? 
There should be one in the JFace Framework which is not as limited as the one 
existing now!