[news.eclipse.platform.rcp] Re: Word Wrap in TextEditor ?

[Daniel Megert <daniel_megert@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Charlie Kelly wrote:
> Hi Eric,
>
> Extending TextEditor (such as the xmlEditor template) is there access
> to an underlying SWT component?
Yes, in your subclass you can call 
org.eclipse.ui.texteditor.AbstractTextEditor.getSourceViewer(). 
getTextWidget(). You could then enable word wrap. Note however, that all 
line-based TextEditor features would get into trouble.

Dani
> Thanks
>
> Charlie
>
>
> Eric Rizzo wrote:
> > Charlie Kelly wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Is it possible to set word-wrapping in a TextEditor?
> >
> > No (not yet). If you'd like to know why and have a spare hour, read 
> > the entire discussion at https://bugs.eclipse.org/35779 and the other 
> > bugs that it duplicates/links to.
> >
> > Eric