[news.eclipse.platform] Re: Selection tracking versus cursor tracking

[Daniel Megert <daniel_megert@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Karl Koster wrote:
> Benson,
>
> You will probably have to register a MouseMoveListener on the 
> underlying SWT control.
Don't do this. You should not update immediately on caret move. You can 
use a post selection listener which will give you the caret location.

Dani
> Benson Margulies wrote:
> > I've got a case where I need a view to reflect the cursor position, 
> > not just
> > the selection, of an editor.  Adding the NullSelectionListener 
> > interface has
> > the effect of getting me a notification when the selection goes from
> > something to nothing, but not of notifying me of further cursor 
> > movement.
> > Should I just implement my own notification structure for this?