I am looking for something like Spy++ but for SWT. I know there are solutions that help you out when you want info about Eclipse's plugins, so I guess this must be somewhat possible.
In my specific case, I'd need a way to Spy on code other tha my own (like Spy++ allows you to), so I guess Eclipse's plugins aren't going to help me out here!
Thanks
You mean, something like SWT Spy?
Getting the exact code back from UI elements is kind of tough and as far as I know there are no tools in SWT domain which can do this.The reason that you can not do that is because the end result of some code i.e UI might be generated because of some if-elseif-else conditions. For example:
if(userSelection)
{
createSpecialToolsComposite(composite);
}else {
createSimpleToolBar(composite);
}
In the above snippet only one of the child control will be created. To infer the other one is hard.
But still there are tools which will allow you to place your mouse over a widget and get information about that widget, including:
Layout information
Bounds
Siblings
Parent Chain (back to the shell)
SWT SPY
Is there a SWT debugger/spy?
http://eclipsesource.com/blogs/2010/01/07/i-see-you-swt-spy/
SWT Spy is the correct tool to use. However, the SWT Spy page is not updated.
From Eclipse 4.7 SWT Spy is included in Eclipse PDE. So you can get it by downloading the Eclipse for RCP and RAP.
To launch SWT Spy, press: CTRL + ALT + SHIFT + F9
In case of doubts, please see: http://www.vogella.com/tutorials/EclipseCodeAccess/article.html#swt-spy
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This is basically the same question as this except for Netbeans 8.0.2 (running under jMonkeyEngine SDK 3.1-alpha1) instead of Visual Studio.
Honestly, the aforemetnioned link says it better than I can, but basically I'm a vim key binding user, and have the netbeans jVi plugin installed and want to map, for example, alt-j and alt-k to scroll through the code completion list instead of the arrow keys:
I've searched through Tools->Options->Keymap, as well as the the JVi configs at Tools->Options->jViConfig. I don't see anything at all under jViConfig, so I think the standard NetBeans key bindings are the way to go.
I have tried modifying most of the obvious down keys e.g insertion point down, scroll down, page down etc, but they all affect the underlying text in the editor, never the completion list.
And:
Does anyone know of a way to do this?
Or maybe a plugin to provide the functionality?
It simply appears that the raw arrow key movements are not mappable by netbeans (?).
Note: this is possible to do in Visual Studio 2015, so I'm hoping it's possible in NetBeans as well.
Many Thanks.
AFAIK, there is no way to do this in NetBeans. At least there wasn't in 2010, when I filed the NetBeans bug hint completion makes assumptions about associated editor pane bindings. I maintain jVi. I filed the bug since I was having trouble with completion bindings for some special keys. In the NB source take a look at
editor.completion/src/org/netbeans/modules/editor/completion/CompletionScrollPane.java
And you'll see a bunch of hardcoded stuff.
In the jVi source
nbvi/nbvi-module/src/org/netbeans/modules/jvi/KeyBindings.java
method fixupKeypadKeys, you see what jVi does (given the fix for the bug I filed). This is part of some arcane code that depends on being friend with some NB editor package.
You could file a bug with NB. If you provided NB a patch, they might incorporate it. If you file a NB bug, cc me (err at netbeans.org)
Alternately, you could try adding some code to the jVi file to add your keybindings.
I wanna create a simple application with Java. I designed the main template in my head but I have a kind of design problem.
I am using JMenuBar and JMenu. It works fine but it's location is not exactly what I want.
In ubuntu, I use Eclipse and it has menu in titlebar:
As you can see , menus are at top.(File,Edit,Source,etc..)
However, My application is not the same.
Here is my application.
JMenu is working fine but in title bar there is no menu.
What can I do to create this menus ?
Are there any component for it ?
Thank you.
Best Regards.
Ömer.
You may be interested by the Jayatana project
You're using the right components, but have a Look and Feel (L&F) problem. Take a look here:
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/lookandfeel/plaf.html
however, I can't guarantee that changing the look and feel will make it look exactly as you want.
The general problem is that Swing abstracts away from the OS's GUI components. Eclipse is also Java, but SWT instead of Swing, so it doesn't have the problem. There may be third party libraries that integrate better with the native L&F - Maurice seems to have found one. Alternatively, you could switch to SWT entirely, but that might be a bit much just to get the right L&F.
I've been trying to figure out for a while now how to call an Eclipse menu item from within a plug-in that I'm developing. Say, for the sake of this posting, I want to call the eclipse "Format" menu item in the Right Click Menu to format a source, how would I go about doing this by calling that item (i.e. not just mimicking that menu item's effect, actually calling it)?
I'm not looking for how to format code, just simply the idea of calling a menu item.
I was leaning towards the APIs info on IWorkbench, Shell, ToolBar, ToolItem, etc., but I don't really know. I haven't been able to find anything on this topic in the APIs or anywhere else online. Is there a better approach to doing this rather than programmatically?
Eclipse JDT - http://help.eclipse.org/indigo/index.jsp?nav=%2F3
EDIT:
String commandId = "org.eclipse.jdt.ui.edit.text.java.format";
IHandlerService handlerService = (IHandlerService)(IHandlerService ) PlatformUI.getWorkbench().getService(IHandlerService.class);
handlerService.executeCommand(commandId, null);
Simple as that. The hardest part is finding the commandId, which can be easily searched for, as rlegendi mentioned. This is exactly what I wanted. It accesses that plugin via ID, then executes it. Simple and effective. Thanks everyone!
I'm not sure but probably what you want to read about is the Command/Delegate framework.
BTW if you install the Eclipse Platform SDK plugin (available by default), you can actually take a look on the source code of any plugin that is the part of your current Eclipse product (try Ctrl+Shift+T and typing ISourceViewer for instance, there you find the FORMAT it, for which you can do a search with Ctrl+Shift+G), and you can import any of those plugin projects to your own workspace to examine.
I need to get the name of class that represents the Java SWT/JFace UI component which is currently displayed and highlighted by mouse cursor.
For example, i wish to get something like "org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Table" when my cursor is pointing to any displayed SWT Table control, etc.
Tell me, is there a plugin for Eclipse IDE, or any another utility, which allows to do this?
In this way I want to simplify the process of writing UI-tests for Eclipse-RCP plugin project. Searching for class name and path manually anytime when this needed is very discouraging.
Get hold of the current display Display.getDefault() and call getCursorControl(), once you have the Control call control.getClass().getName().
Install SWT Spy: http://www.eclipse.org/swt/tools.php
SWT Spy is the correct tool to use. However, the mentioned page is not updated.
From Eclipse 4.7 SWT Spy is included in Eclipse PDE. So you can get it by downloading the Eclipse for RCP and RAP.
To launch SWT Spy, press: CTRL + ALT + SHIFT + F9
In case of doubts, please see: http://www.vogella.com/tutorials/EclipseCodeAccess/article.html#swt-spy
I'm trying to create a GUI with netbean, and I've created a tool bar with different icon. What I want to do is this: When you mouse over one of the button I want a little text bubble to appear with text that I will have specified.
I've been searching the web for a while, and all I could find was something about this package: "org.openide.awt" wich contains (in theory from what I've read) NotificationDisplayer.
If this thing really works with java and netbeans well, I can't get it to work. All I need to know is does this package is actually netbean/java compatible, or better, if there is a simpler way to display a text bubble.
A tool tip?
The JComponent API has support for that.
Check if this is what you need:
How to Use Tool Bars
ie: