Re: [gef-dev] An in place editor (TextCellEditor) on an edit part

[Randy Hudson <hudsonr@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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Hi,

Recently I ran into a problem and was hoping if any of you could help me
out with it.

What I wish to achieve:
1) Dragging and dropping a tool(CombinedTemplateCreationEntry) from the
palette instantiates the model class which leads to the normal GEF flow
wherein an EditPart as well as a  Shape corresponding to the model is
created.
Now for this particular EditPart I want an in place editor (something on
the lines of TextCellEditor) so I have installed DirectEditPolicy and also
created a sublcass of DirectEditManager which i initialize in the
performRequest method of this EditPart.

So now whenever I click on the Label inside the Shape corresponding to this
Edit Part I get a inplace editor. The show() method of the my subclssed
DirectEditManager takes care of it.

Now what I also want to do is activate this editor for my edit part as soon
as it is drag and dropped and not just on performRequest(). So the in place
editor of this edit part is actiavted whenever the user drags and drops it
and whenever the user clicks on the label in the shape (view) corresponding
to this edit part. For all other scenarios the in place editor shouldn't be
visible or active. While I have been able to take care of activating the
editor whenever the label within it is clicked (making use of the
performRequest() method of Edit Part) I have not been able to successfully
do it as soon as it is dragged and dropped.

Can any of you help me with it.
Any and every help is highly appreciated. Thanks alot for your patience in
reading a relatively long mail and am hopeful of a reply...

Thanks and Regards,
Siddharth

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Thanks,
Siddharth _______________________________________________
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