[news.eclipse.tools.gef] Re: Blocked ChangeBoundRequests when dragged fi

["Pratik Shah" <none@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

If you're getting orphan requests, that means you have an edit policy
installed on your "boxes" that understands add requests.  The shapes example
does what you're trying to.

"benedict heal" <bh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>
> I've modified the demo schema editor into a basic box&line editor.
> I want to allow a box to be dragged onto another, though there is no
> semantics of 'adding' attached - the boxes should simply overlap.
>
> This works fine, until the dragging mouse location comes into the figure
> area of another box. At this point I stop getting ChangeBoundRequests,
> and instead get GroupRequests via getOrphanChildren() as a result of a
> REQ_ORPHAN_CHILDREN request .
>
> The GroupRequest contains a single edit part in the getEditParts(), and
> no extended data.
>
> 1. What has stopped the ChangeBoundRequests from coming?
>
> 2. Is it possible get the location info out of the group request that I
> used to get out of the ChangeBoundRequest?
>
> 3. Can anyone point me at any documentation/examples that might be
relevant?
>
> Many thanks for any suggestions.
> Benedict
>