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

[Eric Rizzo <eclipse-news@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Note that this bug has been fixed. See 
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=205927
and the related bug to make the RichText component available as a 
stand-alone feature: https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=209373

Eric


Robs wrote:
> 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.