[news.eclipse.platform] Re: Easiest way getting the text under the mouse

[pelle2004@xxxxxxxxxxx (Pelle Svensson)]

Grant Gayed wrote:

> If your editor is a StyledText under the covers, and if you can get hold of
> it, then you can use StyledText.getOffsetAtLocation() to get the cursor's
> character offset, and then determine the content from there.

> I don't know if there's a higher-level api for computing what you want, if
> there is then hopefully someone can follow up here with it.

> Grant

Hi Grant,

I don't know how to use that...

I'm developing an plug-in for Eclipse and need to extend the normal
editors, (java or CDT) with an extra menu choices when I click on the 
mouse's right button in the editor.

I have functionality for getting the text at the carret position.

IWorkbenchPage page = 
PlatformUI.getWorkbench().getActiveWorkbenchWindow().getActivePage(); 
IEditorPart part = page.getActiveEditor();
ITextEditor editor = (ITextEditor)part;
ISelectionProvider selprovider = 
editor.getEditorSite().getSelectionProvider();
TextSelection selectedText = (TextSelection)selprovider.getSelection();
int iCursorPosition = selectedText.getOffset(); 
       
But I need to translate a mouse point to an usable offset in the same way.

/Pelle