[news.eclipse.platform.swt] Re: TableViewer is not Refresh()?

[Tom Schindl <tom.schindl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Arunagiri.K schrieb:
> Dear All,
>
> I am updating my table viewer content on a background thread. After 
> Thread completion i am refreshing my table viewer through refresh() 
> methodm, but visible area of the tableviewer is not getting 
> refreshed/updated. When we click on the Table row, then immediately it's 
> showing updated values. But unvisible areas in the table viewer is got 
> updated.
>
> Job job = new Job("Updating Items...") {
> protected IStatus run(IProgressMonitor monitor) {
> try{
>  upfateTheModel();
> }catch (Exception e) {
>  Log.error(e);
> }
> return Status.OK_STATUS;
> }
> };
> job.setPriority(Job.SHORT);
> job.setUser(true);
> job.schedule(); // start as soon as possible
> job.addJobChangeListener(new JobChangeAdapter() {
> public void done(IJobChangeEvent event) {
>           tableViewer.refresh();
> }
> });

I guess you'll get an exception at this point which is logged to the 
console (but because you are running without the -consoleLog flag you 
don't see it). You need to make the call to refresh in the UI-Thread 
using Display#async/syncExec.

Tom
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Tom Schindl                                          JFace-Committer
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