[news.eclipse.platform.swt] Re: Windows fires SelectionEvent on tree.set

[Tom Schindl <tom.schindl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well Modify is the ONLY Exception from this :-) I think the reasons is 
that it is used to verify input which can come from copy and past actions.

Tom

Fabian Zeindl schrieb:
> *shrug* I thought so. Unfortunately I cannot really narrow it.
>
> Another question: When I do text.setText the textwidget fires a 
> ModifyEvent, isn't that the same situation?
>
> fabian
>
> Tom Schindl schrieb:
> > It is a bug if SWT fires a SelectionEvent when setting a selection 
> > programmatically!
> >
> > Tom
> >
> > Fabian Zeindl schrieb:
> > > Hi,
> > >  for some unknown reason Win32 fires a SelectionEvent when I do 
> > > tree.setSelection(TreeItem item) where gnu/linux doesn't fire one.
> > > Is there a reason for this behaviour? Funnily enough, when I change 
> > > the code to be simpler, Windows doesn't fire an event on setSelection.
> > > Is this an SWT-Bug?
> > >
> > > thanks in advance
> > > fabian


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Tom Schindl                                          JFace-Committer
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