Thanks; I was able to fix the enablement of the initial Zoom tool by update the MapEditorWithPalette.
It has a part listener (to determine when the editor has focus and reset the tool manager to pay attention to the editor); I updated this code to set the active tool; and everything went fine from there... -- Jody Garnett On Thursday, 18 August 2011 at 4:18 PM, Scott Henderson wrote: > Committed and pushed. > > Scott. > > From: Jody Garnett [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2011 3:21 PM > To: Scott Henderson > Cc: User-friendly Internet GIS > Subject: Re: default tool example > > 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. > > > > > > > > > > > > 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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