Package org.eclipse.ui.views.properties

Class PropertySheetPage

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    EventListener, IAdaptable, ISelectionListener, IPage, IPageBookViewPage, IPropertySheetPage
    public class PropertySheetPage
extends Page
implements IPropertySheetPage, IAdaptable
    The standard implementation of property sheet page which presents a table of property names and values obtained from the current selection in the active workbench part.

    This page obtains the information about what properties to display from the current selection (which it tracks).

    The model for this page is a hierarchy of IPropertySheetEntry. The page may be configured with a custom model by setting the root entry.

    If no root entry is set then a default model is created which uses the IPropertySource interface to obtain the properties of the current selection. This requires that the selected objects provide an IPropertySource adapter (or implement IPropertySource directly). This restiction can be overcome by providing this page with an IPropertySourceProvider. If supplied, this provider will be used by the default model to obtain a property source for the current selection

    This class may be instantiated; it is not intended to be subclassed.

    See Also:
    IPropertySource
    Restriction:
    This class is not intended to be subclassed by clients.

    • Field Detail

      • HELP_CONTEXT_PROPERTY_SHEET_PAGE

        public static final String HELP_CONTEXT_PROPERTY_SHEET_PAGE
        Help context id (value "org.eclipse.ui.property_sheet_page_help_context").
        See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    • Constructor Detail

      • PropertySheetPage

        public PropertySheetPage()
        Creates a new property sheet page.

    • Method Detail

      • createControl

        public void createControl​(Composite parent)
        Description copied from interface: IPage
        Creates the SWT control for this page under the given parent control.

        Clients should not call this method (the workbench calls this method when it needs to, which may be never).

        Specified by:
        createControl in interface IPage
        Specified by:
        createControl in class Page
        Parameters:
        parent - the parent control

      • dispose

        public void dispose()
        The PropertySheetPage implementation of this IPage method disposes of this page's entries.
        Specified by:
        dispose in interface IPage
        Overrides:
        dispose in class Page

      • getAdapter

        public <T> T getAdapter​(Class<T> adapter)
        The PropertySheetPage implementation of this IAdaptable method handles the ISaveablePart adapter by delegating to the source part.
        Specified by:
        getAdapter in interface IAdaptable
        Type Parameters:
        T - the class type
        Parameters:
        adapter - the adapter class to look up
        Returns:
        a object of the given class, or null if this object does not have an adapter for the given class
        Since:
        3.2

      • getSaveablePart

        protected ISaveablePart getSaveablePart()
        Returns an ISaveablePart that delegates to the source part for the current page if it implements ISaveablePart, or null otherwise.
        Returns:
        an ISaveablePart or null
        Since:
        3.2

      • getControl

        public Control getControl()
        Description copied from class: Page
        The Page implementation of this IPage method returns null. Subclasses must reimplement.
        Specified by:
        getControl in interface IPage
        Specified by:
        getControl in class Page
        Returns:
        the SWT control for this page, or null if this page does not have a control

      • handleEntrySelection

        public void handleEntrySelection​(ISelection selection)
        Handles a selection change in the entry table.
        Parameters:
        selection - the new selection

      • initDragAndDrop

        protected void initDragAndDrop()
        Adds drag and drop support.

      • refresh

        public void refresh()
        Updates the model for the viewer.

        Note that this means ensuring that the model reflects the state of the current viewer input.

      • setActionBars

        public void setActionBars​(IActionBars actionBars)
        The PropertySheetPage implementation of this IPage method calls makeContributions for backwards compatibility with previous versions of IPage.

        Subclasses may reimplement.

        Specified by:
        setActionBars in interface IPage
        Overrides:
        setActionBars in class Page
        Parameters:
        actionBars - the action bars for this page

      • setFocus

        public void setFocus()
        Sets focus to a part in the page.
        Specified by:
        setFocus in interface IPage
        Specified by:
        setFocus in class Page

      • setPropertySourceProvider

        public void setPropertySourceProvider​(IPropertySourceProvider newProvider)
        Sets the given property source provider as the property source provider.

        Calling this method is only valid if you are using this page's default root entry.

        Parameters:
        newProvider - the property source provider

      • setRootEntry

        public void setRootEntry​(IPropertySheetEntry entry)
        Sets the given entry as the model for the page.
        Parameters:
        entry - the root entry

      • setSorter

        protected void setSorter​(PropertySheetSorter sorter)
        Sets the sorter used for sorting categories and entries in the viewer of this page.

        The default sorter sorts categories and entries alphabetically.

        Parameters:
        sorter - the sorter to set (null will reset to the default sorter)
        Since:
        3.1