Package org.eclipse.jface.fieldassist

Class AutoCompleteField

java.lang.Object

org.eclipse.jface.fieldassist.AutoCompleteField

public class AutoCompleteField
extends Object

AutoCompleteField is a class which attempts to auto-complete a user's keystrokes by activating a popup that filters a list of proposals according to the content typed by the user.

Since:

3.3

See Also:

• ContentProposalAdapter
• SimpleContentProposalProvider

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
AutoCompleteField(Control control, IControlContentAdapter controlContentAdapter, String... proposals)	Construct an AutoComplete field on the specified control, whose completions are characterized by the specified array of Strings.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	setProposals(String... proposals)	Set the Strings to be used as content proposals.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

AutoCompleteField

public AutoCompleteField(Control control,
 IControlContentAdapter controlContentAdapter,
 String... proposals)

Construct an AutoComplete field on the specified control, whose completions are characterized by the specified array of Strings.

Parameters:

control - the control for which autocomplete is desired. May not be null.

controlContentAdapter - the IControlContentAdapter used to obtain and update the control's contents. May not be null.

proposals - the array of Strings representing valid content proposals for the field.

Method Details

setProposals

public void setProposals(String... proposals)

Set the Strings to be used as content proposals.

Parameters:

proposals - the array of Strings to be used as proposals.