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*
* Contributors:
* IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.ui.swt;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Control;
/**
* Tracks focusGained and focusLost events for a Control registered with this
* service, and provides the control and its registered ID as variables to the
* application evaluation context for evaluation be the various services.
* <p>
* This service provides 2 variables, activeFocusControl (a Control) and
* activeFocusControlId (the ID registered with the service).
* </p>
* <p>
* You can use this service to provide default cut/copy/paste/selectAll for
* specific text controls outside of the normal workbench part lifecycle, like a
* control contributed to the trim. For example:
* </p>
* <p>
*
* <pre>
* <handler
* class="org.eclipse.ui.internal.handlers.WidgetMethodHandler:paste"
* commandId="org.eclipse.ui.edit.paste">
* <activeWhen>
* <with variable="activeFocusControlId">
* <equals value="org.eclipse.ui.tests.focusText"/>
* </with>
* </activeWhen>
* </handler>
* </pre>
*
* </p>
*
* @see org.eclipse.ui.ISources
* @since 3.3
*/
public interface IFocusService {
/**
* Use the value to provide default copy behaviour in a handler element
* class attribute.
*/
public static final String COPY_HANDLER = "org.eclipse.ui.internal.handlers.WidgetMethodHandler:copy"; //$NON-NLS-1$
/**
* Use the value to provide default paste behaviour in a handler element
* class attribute.
*/
public static final String PASTE_HANDLER = "org.eclipse.ui.internal.handlers.WidgetMethodHandler:paste"; //$NON-NLS-1$
/**
* Use the value to provide default cut behaviour in a handler element class
* attribute.
*/
public static final String CUT_HANDLER = "org.eclipse.ui.internal.handlers.WidgetMethodHandler:cut"; //$NON-NLS-1$
/**
* Use the value to provide default select all behaviour in a handler
* element class attribute.
*/
public static final String SELECT_ALL_HANDLER = "org.eclipse.ui.internal.handlers.SelectAllHandler"; //$NON-NLS-1$
/**
* A Control for which the service will track focus. When in focus, this
* Control and its ID will be provided as variables to core expressions for
* the various services, as activeFocusControl and activeFocusControlId
* respectively.
* <p>
* A control must only be registered once, but different controls can be
* registered with the same ID. Expressions evaluated against the
* activeFocusControlId would then be true for all of the controls thus
* registered.
* </p>
* <p>
* We will remove ourselves as a listener when the Control is disposed.
* </p>
*
* @param control
* the control. Must not be <code>null</code>. If the control
* is already registered with this service this call is a no-op.
* @param id
* an ID for this control. Must not be <code>null</code>.
*/
public void addFocusTracker(Control control, String id);
/**
* No longer track focus events for this control. Use this method when the
* control should no longer be tracked, but is not disposed.
*
* @param control
* the control registered with the service. Must not be
* <code>null</code>.
*/
public void removeFocusTracker(Control control);
}