[news.eclipse.tools] Re: cut, copy, paste in StyledText Widget

["Lynne Kues" <lynne_kues@xxxxxxx>]

I'm not sure what your problem could be.  If I run the CustomControlExample,
ctrl-c, v, x work just fine.  To get cut/copy/paste on a menu, you would
have to code for this (i.e., add a popup menu to the widget).  What platform
are you on?  I'm on Win2K.

"kyle farnand" <kfarnand@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:b7n3jl$sh7$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Looking at the Text tab of the SWT Controls sample view and playing
> around with all the different parameters, there were no parameters that
> I could set to get CTRL-C to work in either the Text or Styled Text
> widget (including READ_ONLY).  Right Click->Copy worked with any
> parameter settings on the Text widget but not on the StyledText widget.
>
> Is this the desired functionality for the StyledText widget?
>
> kyle farnand wrote:
> > I must be doing something wrong then.  I tried CTRL-C and paste the
> > results into notepad and don't get anything.  I know about the API but
> > was hoping to get this functionality for free (which seems possible). In
> > the Text widget you get <right-click> menu -> copy functionality and was
> > hoping that would be the same in StyledText widget.
> >
> > Lynne Kues wrote:
> >
> >> I do not understand what you are talking about.
> >>
> >> If the StyledText widget is READ_ONLY, the copy operation is available
> >> (select some text and press CTRL-C), but you cannot paste to or cut
> >> from the
> >> widget since it is readonly.  Also note that there is API in the
> >> StyledText
> >> widget to cut, copy and paste programatically.
> >>
> >> "kyle farnand" <kfarnand@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> news:b7mtas$n7d$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>
> >>> When I use the below code, I get copy and paste for free.
> >>>
> >>> >Text modelText = new Text(modelXMLContainer, SWT.READ_ONLY
|SWT.MULTI);
> >>> >modelText.setText(modelString);
> >>>
> >>> But when I used the StyledText widget, I lose this functionality.
> >>>
> >>> >StyledText modelText = new StyledText(modelXMLContainer,
> >>> SWT.READ_ONLY);
> >>> >modelText.setText(modelString);
> >>>
> >>> An earlier post said I should get the same copy and paste
functionality
> >>> if I use SWT.READ_ONLY in the constructor from both widgets but that
is
> >>> not the case.
> >>>
> >>> Is there an easy way to get this copy and paste functionality out of
the
> >>> StyledText widget (as in the Text widget) or do I have to implement it
> >>> myself?
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
>