Re: [e4-dev] Can ESelectionService propagate selection to 3.x legacy vie

[Remy Suen <remysuen@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 10:05 AM, Fredrik Attebrant <fredrik.attebrant@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Some trials shows that a "pure 4.x" part can detect selection changes in a
> 3.x part.
> However, when applying a change of selection from a "pure 4.x" view, I fail
> to detect it in a 3.x view.
>
> Thus, does the ESelectionService trigger changes in the "legacy selection"
> framework?

This is not possible. Consider 3.x's ISelectionListener interface.

--- public void selectionChanged(IWorkbenchPart part, ISelection selection);

In 4.x, the backing objects are not implementations of IWorkbenchPart so this wouldn't work (unless we sent in null).

Does this make sense, Fredrik?

Regards,
Remy

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Remy Suen
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