yes this could be a solution, on the other hand I am just finished exploring the svn repository for the SuggestBox class:
the class we are using r3877 http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit/source/browse/trunk/user/src/com/google/gwt/user/client/ui/SuggestBox.java?r=3877 is declared final, but all subsequent releases are not... so I am going to sort out the problem installing gwt via svn and extending SuggestBox thanks to everybody for the help Edoardo On Dec 22, 10:51 am, eggsy84 <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi there, > > (Just read your post on my tutorial) > > As you can't override the class the only way I can think of storing > the data is to persist a collection of Strings so when the selection > is made is made do something like this: > > --- > > onSuggestionSelected() > { > myStringCollection.add(selectedSuggestion); > > } > > StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer(); > for ( String selection : myStringCollection ) > { > // just add a space between each item in the collection > buffer.append(selection + " "); > > } > > myTextArea.setText(buffer.toString()); > > --- > > The String collection will hang around as long as the object hangs > around?! Would that solve the problem? > > Eggsy > > On Dec 22, 8:40 am, Eddy <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Yes, I thought about that but unfortunately SuggestBox class was > > declared final ... > > > On Dec 22, 4:55 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > Create your own class which extends SuggestBox. Override the setText > > > (String text) method with you own implementation. > > > > On Dec 21, 5:37 pm, Eddy <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > If I create a SuggestBox based on a textarea, like this: > > > > > new SuggestBox(myoracle, new TextArea()); > > > > > is there a way to make sure the suggestbox doesn't do a setText on the > > > > whole textarea everytime a suggestion is selected? > > > > > any help appreciated > > > > thanks --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Web-Toolkit?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
