[news.eclipse.technology.epf] Re: Re-using RichText and RichTextEditor

[Robs <rbarthold@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Phillip,

i had the same problem. I solved it by commenting setFocus() in the ActivateListener. 
This listener is located in RichText.java in the method addListeners(). It's 
the second listener for the editorControl:

...
protected void addListeners()
 {
   this.editorControl = getControlSite( this.editor );
   if ( this.editorControl != null )
   {
     if ( this.debug )
     {
       printDebugMessage( "init", "editorControl=" + this.editorControl.getClass().getName() 
); //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
     }

     this.editorControl.addListener( SWT.Activate, new Listener()
     {
       public void handleEvent( final Event event )
       {
         if ( RichText.this.debug )
         {
           printDebugMessage( "activateListener" ); //$NON-NLS-1$
         }
         // setFocus causes the RichText in the dialog to flicker. 
         // The reason for it was that it got and lost focus the whole time.
         // commented the line -> fixed!
         // setFocus();
         notifyListeners( SWT.Activate, event );
       }
     } );
....

Hope that helps.
Robert



> Eric Rizzo wrote:
>
> > Another follow-up as I progress towards using RichTextEditor in
> > non-EPF plugins:
> >
> > If I place a RichTextEditor in a JFace Dialog, there is an anomaly
> > when
> > switching from the HTML tab to the Rich Text tab. If the cursor is in
> > the edit window when selecting the Rich Text tab, the dialog flashes
> > many times and eventually pops up an Internet Explorer error dialog
> > that
> > says "Stack overflow at line: 0."
> > This happens regardless of the contents of the rich text or HTML edit
> > components.
> > I suspect some kind of incompatibility between the rte.js and placing
> > the editor in a modal dialog, but am not sure how to proceed.
> >
> > Any help appreciated,
> > Eric
> I found the same problem.  Not sure either!
>
> PB.