Re: [platform-ui-dev] What are "Writable" and "Smart Insert" doing in th

[Lars Vogel <lars.vogel@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Jonah, both answers are very helpful. Thanks a bunch.

Best regards, Lars

On Wed, Dec 7, 2016 at 7:50 PM, Jonah Graham <jonah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Lars,
>
> I realize I failed to actually answer the question you were asking.
> Sorry about that.
>
> The status field is updated by:
> org.eclipse.ui.texteditor.AbstractTextEditor.updateStatusField(String)
>
> Following back the call hierarchy from there should tell you want you
> need to know.
>
> Jonah
>
> ~~~
> Jonah Graham
> Kichwa Coders Ltd.
> www.kichwacoders.com
>
>
> On 7 December 2016 at 18:24, Jonah Graham <jonah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On 7 December 2016 at 18:05, Lars Vogel <lars.vogel@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Friends of Platform UI,
>>>
>>> I noticed that I have a read-only "Writable" entry in my status bar.
>>> Does anyone know where this is coming from or how to find that out? It
>>> has not menu or click-listener associated with it.
>>
>> This is a quick display showing if the file is writeable, not sure who
>> provides it, but almost all editors do it.
>>
>> For source controls like perforce(?) that leave all files read-only
>> until you lock them this may be of value, but I certainly have never
>> used it.
>>
>>>
>>> Also I have a "Smart Insert" entry which changes to "Override" if I
>>> double-click this. I assume this in provided by JDT but not sure.
>>> Anyone knows? I searched the preferences for "smart" but only found
>>> unrelated settings.
>>
>> This is insert vs override as changed by the Insert key too. Of course
>> the cursor also changes so having status bar space allocated to it is
>> a bit overboard perhaps.
>>
>> Many standalone text editors have similar info to the above in their
>> status bars.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Best regards, Lars
>>>
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