I really like the features of jface field assist. But to be honest I am not very happy with the corresponding API. It seems rather cumbersome, just look at the sourcecode of the example plug-ins. (You get a "FieldAssist" menu in Eclipse with a single entry, if you install these plug-ins, which shows-off the features.)
It seems to me that you need to implement a lot of stuff on top of the jface field assist API to get your auto complete. That's why I'd still favor a nebula API which enables you to implement such a common use-case much more easily. Currently I am using the autocomplete API of the SWTPlus alpha version, the predecessor of nebula, which I find easy to use. What about another wrapper API on top of jface field assist, to make it more usable? I guess not in nebula, because of the reference to jface, but I'd like it :) Bye, Michael
ditto :) can I use it to do auto-completion similar to OpenOffice.org (best example I can think of) where, rather than dropping a selection list, it completes the word in place? can I also use it with multiple, character delimited, fields per text box? thanks! Chris Gross wrote: > Hi Sascha, > > You bring up a good point. I wasn't aware of the new field assist added > to JFace. > > -Chris > > Sascha Zelzer wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I am very excited about the Nebula project and am looking forward to >> some great contributions. >> >> The only thing which irritates me is the constant mentioning of >> "auto-complete" widgets, be it text-fields, combos or others. I am >> just not sure if the creators of such widgets (and the Nebula team) >> are aware of the package org.eclipse.jface.fieldassist which allows, >> in a very general way, to attach auto-complete functionality to any >> widget. >> >> I do not want in any way to diminish the efforts of people who >> implemented such widgets themselves, but for the sake of consistency >> and not duplicating functionality, these "widgets" can (at least now >> in Eclipse 3.2) easily by implemented by programmers themselves. >> >> If those widgets should be available for Eclipse < 3.2 then, of >> course, one has the create them "by hand". >> >> Just some thoughts... >> >> >> Sascha
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