That is *great* so we are half way there ... if you look at the other email about "hooking stuff" up (How to run modal toolbar contributions) I think we can handle the other half of the problem.
Can you commit the code to make the correct tool highlighted in the palette a) our screen snaps will be correct b) we can tackle registering the correct tool with the map as a separate problem -- Jody Garnett On Thursday, 18 August 2011 at 3:44 PM, Scott Henderson wrote: > Thanks for that Jody, > > Unfortunately root.setDefaultEntry(tool); set’s Zoom as highlighted in the > palette, but the tool is still not active so dragging the mouse does not zoom > in. > > I have also tried using a ToolProxy as such: > > > ToolProxy toolProxy = (ToolProxy) modalItem; > > toolProxy.setActive(true); > > But that was no help either. > > At this moment I am still stuck so moving onto another issue and hopefully > someone has an idea as to how to get the Zoom tool active as default. > > Thanks, Scott. > > From: Jody Garnett [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2011 11:52 AM > To: User-friendly Internet GIS > Cc: Scott Henderson > Subject: default tool example > > Hi Scott: > > > > I am trying to hunt down example(s). > > > > There is what I have sorted ... > > > > 1) ToolManager owns the concept of the default tool ... > > > > ToolManager.defaultModalToolProxy > > > > 2) this method has package visibility; and is accessed directly (there is no > getter!) > > > > Here is an example of MenuToolCategory checking if its new menu item is the > default (and thus should start out life selected) > > > > menuItem = new MenuItem(parent, SWT.RADIO, index); > > > menuItem.setText(tool.getName()); > > > menuItem.setImage(tool.getImage()); > > > if (items.contains( ((ToolManager)manager).defaultModalToolProxy)) > > > menuItem.setSelection(true); > > > > 3) there is also a static final ToolProxy.DEFAULT_ID which is how it figures > out which thing to use as the defaultModalTool > > > > > /** > > > * The ID of the default tool: Zoom > > > */ > > > private static final String DEFAULT_ID = "net.refractions.udig.tools.Zoom"; > //$NON-NLS-1$ > > > > > 4) The ToolPalette has the concept of a default entry; so our > MapToolPaletteFactory could perform a similar check to above > > > > So perhaps something like the following will work? > > > > for( ModalItem modalItem : category ) { > > > String label = fixLabel(modalItem.getName()); > > > ToolEntry tool = new MapToolEntry(label, modalItem, category.getId()); > > > if( ToolProxy.DEFAULT_ID.equals( tool.getId() ) ){ > > > root.setDefaultEntry( tool ); // will this work?? > > > } > > > drawer.add(tool); > > > } > > > -- > Jody Garnett > > > > > The contents of this email are confidential and may be subject to legal or > professional privilege and copyright. No representation is made that this > email is free of viruses or other defects. If you have received this > communication in error, you may not copy or distribute any part of it or > otherwise disclose its contents to anyone. Please advise the sender of your > incorrect receipt of this correspondence.
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