Carolyn,
I am writing an eclipse plug-in. I have looked at the help stuff for about a week now with much frustration.
//get the current display, eclipse display
Display currentDisplay = PlatformUI.getWorkbench().getDisplay();
From here I would like to add event listeners to the currentDisplay to detect any events that happen within eclipse. I am just looking for a little direction, not the exact program. I mean if someone has the exact why I'd love to take a look at it.
Thanks,
Jason
On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 3:58 PM, Carolyn MacLeod
<Carolyn_MacLeod@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Yep. :)
Perhaps the best way to get started
is to have a look at http://www.eclipse.org/swt/
There are lots of examples there - large
and small - as well as lots of documentation.
To know if a user clicked on a menu
item, add a selection listener to the menu item.
Here are some Menu snippets (aka "small
standalone examples"): http://www.eclipse.org/swt/snippets/#menu
To know if a user typed some text in
a text widget, add a key listener to it.
Here are some Text snippets: http://www.eclipse.org/swt/snippets/#text
Or perhaps you want a StyledText widget
instead of a text widget (it would be easier to implement an editor using
a StyledText).
Here are some StyledText snippets: http://www.eclipse.org/swt/snippets/#styledtext
And here are some articles on using
StyledText:
http://www.eclipse.org/articles/StyledText%201/article1.html
http://www.eclipse.org/articles/StyledText%202/article2.html
However... I notice that you mentioned
THE file menu and THE editor, so perhaps you are asking how to write an
Eclipse plug-in and not a stand-alone SWT program?
If that is the case, then it might be
easier for you to start in the Eclipse help system.
You can start with Help->Welcome
and click on "Create an Eclipse Plug-in", and after doing the
tutorial, click on Help->Help Contents and read through the "Platform
Plug-in Developer Guide".
Have fun!
Carolyn
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Carolyn,
Thank you so much. I really appreciate your help. I have another beginner
question. Is there a way to know that the user clicked on the File Menu
or say typed text in the editor?
Thanks again,
Jason
On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 2:38 PM, Carolyn MacLeod <Carolyn_MacLeod@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Try Display.addFilter(event, listener).
For example,
Display
display = new
Display();
display.addFilter(SWT.KeyDown,
new
Listener() {
public
void
handleEvent(Event event) {
System.out.println("\nkey
press event=" + new
KeyEvent(event));
}
});
SWT's CCombo uses a filter to handle focus events on the drop-down list.
Caveat emptor: Only use filters where absolutely necessary. Keep filter
code to a minimum - if you try to do too much in your filter, your whole
UI can grind to a halt.
Carolyn
Hello,
I really hope this is the correct place to ask this question. I would like
to know is there any way to register listners with the SWT display instance
so that I may log a user's actions within the Eclipse IDE? I have looked
at the TPTP project, which has this functionality but couldn't wade my
way through all of their source code. Is there a simple way to do this.
Thanks,
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