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

[kyle farnand <kfarnand@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for confirmation Paul.  I am also using R2.0.2 and Win2k.

Knut and/or Lynne, maybe you could post some simple sample code that you 
know works in your environment.  If it works on my machine, I can figure 
out what the difference is (between your working code and my failing 
code) and post the results.  If not, we will atleast know it is not a 
difference in code that is causing the our different results.

Open to oother suggestions but this seems like a potential bug (either 
document related or functional) that should be tracked down.

Paul T. Keyser wrote:
> R2.0.2, Win2K
>
> I agree with Kyle Farnand who describes the problem accurately and correctly: I see exactly the same thing (and have posted before
> about this, but the threads died).
>
> As far as I can tell, these are the facts (R2.0.2, Win2K):
> 1) Text widget: comes with an OS-supplied popupmenu in which are items Cut/Copy/Paste (but Ctrl-C/V/X do *NOT* work); if you add
> your own popupmenu (via SWT) you lose the whole OS-supplied menu; if you then add to your own popupmenu, your own items
> Cut/Copy/Paste, and hook the API for those actions, you can restore the Cut/Copy/Paste function, but there appears to be NO way to
> get Ctrl-C/V/X to work (with or without a popupmenu).
>
> 2) StyledText widget: comes with *NO* popupmenu; you can add your own popupmenu (via SWT, pretty much the same as for the Text);
> to your own popupmenu, you can add your own items Cut/Copy/Paste, and hook the API for those actions, thus for the first time
> obtaining the Cut/Copy/Paste function, but there appears to be NO way to get Ctrl-C/V/X to work (with or without a popupmenu).
>
> Maybe what Knut and Lynne are saying is that in R2.1, the Ctrl-C/V/X has somehow been fixed (via fixing some bug not known to have
> been connected, but nevertheless connected)?
>
> Paul K
>
> Knut Radloff wrote:
>
>
> > Which build and OS are you using? Copy to clipboard (using Ctrl+C) works for me in a read-only single line Text and StyledText
> > widget in R2.1
> > I searched the StyledText bugs we fixed in 2.1 and didn't see anything cut/paste related that may have caused your problem.
> >
> > Knut
> > "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?