[news.eclipse.modeling.gmf] Re: Refreshing Palette View without closing/

[Tomas Zijdemans <trommas@xxxxxxxxx>]

Sadly, this does not work for me. How strange that there is no obvious 
method one can call that forces an update or refresh of the palette...


Agatha Schmitz wrote:
> In my case (gmf) i only needed the part to instantiate a new PaletteRoot 
> which triggered also a refresh on my current PaletteRoot. Strange but 
> working ;-)
>
>
> Agatha
>
> > Could you explain how you did this? I think the classes and methods 
> > have changed since this was written.
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Tomas
> >
> > Agatha Schmitz wrote:
> > > ...it works!....thank you very much
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > > I've try to do this by using 
> > > > PaletteService.getInstance().updatePalette(existingRoot, editor, 
> > > > content) but it didn't work. So I do it using 
> > > > PaletteService.getInstance().createPalette(editor, content).
> > > >
> > > > Here is the sample code I use :
> > > > /** Create a new palette root **/
> > > > PaletteRoot content = new PaletteRoot();
> > > >
> > > > /** Get the old palette root and containers **/
> > > > /** Method to get palette root must be writen **/
> > > > List< PaletteContainer > containers = 
> > > > ****DiagramEditor.getPaletteRoot().getChildren();
> > > >
> > > > /** Create entry to add to container **/
> > > > PaletteEntry entry = ****PaletteFactory.createXXXCreationTool();
> > > >
> > > > /** Add it **/
> > > > containers.get(my_container).add(entry);
> > > >
> > > > /** Add containers to new palette root **/
> > > > for(int i=; i<containers.size(); i++){
> > > >     content.add(containers.get(i));
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > /** Create the palette **/ 
> > > > PaletteService.getInstance().createPalette(Cimero2EditorDiagramEditorUtil.getActiveEditor(), 
> > > > content);
> > > >
> > > > /** Set the root**/
> > > > Cimero2EditorDiagramEditor.setPaletteRoot(content);
> > > >
> > > > This will refresh your palette when you call it.
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > > Natacha
> > > >
> > > > Agatha Schmitz a écrit :
> > > > > Closing and reopen couldn't be the only way to refresh the palette 
> > > > > view. A small hint how do achieve this in a smarter way would be 
> > > > > very helpfull.
> > > > >
> > > > > TIA
> > > > > Agatha
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > Agatha,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > This sounds like a GMF question so I will redirect you to that 
> > > > > > newsgroup which I've added to the "to" list of the reply so you 
> > > > > > don't need to repost.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Agatha Schmitz wrote:
> > > > > > > Hello everybody...
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Is there a better way to refresh the palette view after adding 
> > > > > > > some new creation tools than closing and opening it again?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > TIA
> > > > > > > Agatha Schmitz