Re: IWorkbenchWindow#getPages

["Simon Arsenault" <simon_arsenault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

A workbench window has only one workbench page. A workbench page has 1 or
more perspective inside it. Only one instance of a view per type exist in a
page.

I've noticed that the findView method will only search the active
perspective. Yet the javadoc does not indicate this. And there seems to be
no other API to accomplish what you are trying to do.

Open a problem report against Platform - UI

Simon :-)

"Chris" <wibni@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:3D59F083.6050909@xxxxxxxxx
> Hello Simon,
>
> Simon Arsenault wrote:
> > Use IWorkbenchPage.findView();
>
> sorry, you did not get me right:
> I dont't have the IWorkbenchPage, that is my problem.
> Again, if I use
> aWorkbenchWindow.getPages();
> I get only _one_ (the at last started perspective) page.
>
> Situation:
> - the workbench has 3 perspectives opened
> - PlatformUI.getWorkbench().getActiveWorkbenchWindow().getPages() always
> returns only _one_ page although there are 3 perspectives started in
> that window.
>
> That seems to be a problem since 2.0.
>
> So my problem is I cannot get the right page so I cannot call findView().
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chris
>
> >
> > Simon :-)
> >
> > "Chris" <wibni@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:3D595CEA.80704@xxxxxxxxx
> >
> >>Hello,
> >>
> >>when I used
> >>aWorkbenchWindow.getPages()
> >>before 2.0 I got got all the pages (perspectives) from a (active)
> >>workbench window.
> >>
> >>Since 2.0 getPages() gets me only _one_ page (the at last started
> >>perspective) though there are many other perspectives open in that
window.
> >>
> >>I discovered a note at javadoc for IWorkbenchWindow#openPage: "Note:
> >>Since release 2.0, a window is limited to contain at most one page...".
> >>I don't understand how am I supposed to get _all_ perspectives from a
> >>workbench window now. How can a window limited to contain at most one
> >>page=perspective???
> >>
> >>My Szenario: a workbench window has several perspectives opened, I want
> >>to get the java perspective, there the package viewer and look whats
> >>selected there. How to do that since 2.0?
> >>
> >>Thank you,
> >>
> >>Chris
> >>
> >
> >
> >
>
>