Re: [platform-ui-dev] Multiselect in outline view and Property sheet

[Randy Hudson <hudsonr@xxxxxxxxxx>]

As workaround to this problem, you could
prevent the property from appearing during multiple selection only.  To
do this, have the associated PropertyDescriptor return FALSE for isCompatibleWith(PropertyDescriptor).

-randy

"Zenil" <zenil123@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent by: platform-ui-dev-admin@xxxxxxxxxxx 05/04/2004 01:49 AM Please respond to platform-ui-dev

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Hi All,

I tried posting the newsgroups ,but no help there..

I have a problem where the user mulitselects elements in the outline
view.The corresponding property sheet shows the common properties of the
selected element. For these common properties,eclipse shows the values
of the FIRST selected element.My problem is this:
Lets say I have a name property with a TextDescriptor,when the user enters
a new name ,i do some validations..Based on the validation,the user is
allowed to change the name,otherwise it is reverted back to original value..Now
for multi-selected elements with names T1,T2,the property sheet will show
T1. As user edits the value, how to validate for BOTH the selected elements
??As of now validation happens for only T1(which is the first selected
element)..What i would like to see is as user modifies,validation should
be performed for BOTH the elements,and if any one fails,user is not allowed
to change the values.
[Event though validation happens for only one,if  press ENTER,the
new value is updated for all the selected elements..There is  a contradiction
in behavior..]

I am looking for some suitable design by which i can get this done via
the property sheet framework??

Rgds,
Zenil