Re: [platform-ui-dev] What are "Writable" and "Smart Insert" doing in th

[Jonah Graham <jonah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Lars,

I realize I failed to actually answer the question you were asking.
Sorry about that.

The status field is updated by:
org.eclipse.ui.texteditor.AbstractTextEditor.updateStatusField(String)

Following back the call hierarchy from there should tell you want you
need to know.

Jonah

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Jonah Graham
Kichwa Coders Ltd.
www.kichwacoders.com


On 7 December 2016 at 18:24, Jonah Graham <jonah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 7 December 2016 at 18:05, Lars Vogel <lars.vogel@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Friends of Platform UI,
>>
>> I noticed that I have a read-only "Writable" entry in my status bar.
>> Does anyone know where this is coming from or how to find that out? It
>> has not menu or click-listener associated with it.
>
> This is a quick display showing if the file is writeable, not sure who
> provides it, but almost all editors do it.
>
> For source controls like perforce(?) that leave all files read-only
> until you lock them this may be of value, but I certainly have never
> used it.
>
>>
>> Also I have a "Smart Insert" entry which changes to "Override" if I
>> double-click this. I assume this in provided by JDT but not sure.
>> Anyone knows? I searched the preferences for "smart" but only found
>> unrelated settings.
>
> This is insert vs override as changed by the Insert key too. Of course
> the cursor also changes so having status bar space allocated to it is
> a bit overboard perhaps.
>
> Many standalone text editors have similar info to the above in their
> status bars.
>
>
>
>
>>
>> Best regards, Lars
>>
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