Package org.eclipse.ui.forms

Class SectionPart

java.lang.Object

org.eclipse.ui.forms.AbstractFormPart

org.eclipse.ui.forms.SectionPart

All Implemented Interfaces:

IFormPart

public class SectionPart
extends AbstractFormPart

Section part implements IFormPart interface based on the Section widget. It can either wrap the widget or create one itself.

Subclasses should extend SectionPart and implement life cycle methods like refresh, commit, setFocus etc. Note that most of these methods are not empty - calling super is required.

Since:

3.0

See Also:

• Section

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
SectionPart(Composite parent, FormToolkit toolkit, int style)	Creates a new section part inside the provided parent and using the provided toolkit.
SectionPart(Section section)	Creates a new section part based on the provided section.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
protected void	expansionStateChanged(boolean expanded)	The section has expanded or collapsed.
protected void	expansionStateChanging(boolean expanding)	The section is about to expand or collapse.
Section	getSection()	Returns the section widget used in this part.
protected void	hookListeners()	Adds listeners to the underlying widget.
void	setFocus()	Instructs the part to grab keyboard focus.

Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.ui.forms.AbstractFormPart

commit, dispose, getManagedForm, initialize, isDirty, isStale, markDirty, markStale, refresh, setFormInput

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

SectionPart

public SectionPart(Section section)

Creates a new section part based on the provided section.

Parameters:

section - the section to use

SectionPart

public SectionPart(Composite parent,
 FormToolkit toolkit,
 int style)

Creates a new section part inside the provided parent and using the provided toolkit. The section part will create the section widget.

Parameters:

parent - the parent

toolkit - the toolkit to use

style - the section widget style

Method Details

hookListeners

protected void hookListeners()

Adds listeners to the underlying widget.

getSection

public Section getSection()

Returns the section widget used in this part.

Returns:

the section widget

expansionStateChanging

protected void expansionStateChanging(boolean expanding)

The section is about to expand or collapse.

Parameters:

expanding - true for expansion, false for collapse.

expansionStateChanged

protected void expansionStateChanged(boolean expanded)

The section has expanded or collapsed.

Parameters:

expanded - true for expansion, false for collapse.

setFocus

public void setFocus()

Description copied from class: AbstractFormPart

Instructs the part to grab keyboard focus.

Specified by:

setFocus in interface IFormPart

Overrides:

setFocus in class AbstractFormPart