[news.eclipse.technology.epf] Re: Databinding and rich text editor

[Eric Rizzo <eclipse-news@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mario Cervera wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I am trying to use databinding with the rich text editor. I've managed 
> to make it work by simply returning an instance of 
> RichTextObservableValue the same way observeText returns 
> TextObservableValue. RichTextObservableValue is a class I've implemented 
> which inherites from AbstractVetoableValue. Everything is ok but I have 
> problems with the modify listener, that is, the ModifyEvent is not fired 
> when I write in the RichTextEditor, therefore my editor is not set as 
> dirty. To my surprise, this event is fired when pressing keys like 
> delete, back space... but not when I press simple characters. I don't 
> understand what is going on. Has anyone experienced anything similar? 
> Has anyone got to make databinding work with this editor?

We use a custom RichTextObservableValue and it works correctly on 
Eclipse 3.3. I have not yet started testing our stuff on 3.4, however.
The class is in this package: 
<https://www.skywayperspectives.org/fisheye/browse/CVS_OpenSource/skyway/common/plugins/org.skyway.ui/src/org/skyway/ui/richtext>

Hope this helps,
	Eric