Eclipse Platform
Release 3.2

org.eclipse.jface.action
Class LegacyActionTools

java.lang.Object
  extended byorg.eclipse.jface.action.LegacyActionTools

public final class LegacyActionTools
extends Object

Some static utility methods for handling labels on actions. This includes mnemonics and accelerators.

Clients may neither instantiate this class nor extend.

Since:
3.2

Field Summary
static char MNEMONIC_NONE
          The constant to use if there is no mnemonic for this location.
 
Method Summary
static String convertAccelerator(int keyCode)
          Converts an accelerator key code to a string representation.
static int convertAccelerator(String acceleratorText)
          Parses the given accelerator text, and converts it to an accelerator key code.
static String extractAcceleratorText(String text)
          Extracts the accelerator text from the given text.
static char extractMnemonic(String text)
          Extracts the mnemonic text from the given string.
static int findKeyCode(String token)
          Maps a standard keyboard key name to an SWT key code.
static String findKeyString(int keyCode)
          Maps an SWT key code to a standard keyboard key name.
static int findModifier(String token)
          Maps standard keyboard modifier key names to the corresponding SWT modifier bit.
static String findModifierString(int keyCode)
          Returns a string representation of an SWT modifier bit (SWT.CTRL, SWT.ALT, SWT.SHIFT, and SWT.COMMAND).
static String removeAcceleratorText(String text)
          Convenience method for removing any optional accelerator text from the given string.
static String removeMnemonics(String text)
          Convenience method for removing any mnemonics from the given string.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Field Detail

MNEMONIC_NONE

public static final char MNEMONIC_NONE
The constant to use if there is no mnemonic for this location.

See Also:
Constant Field Values
Method Detail

convertAccelerator

public static final String convertAccelerator(int keyCode)
Converts an accelerator key code to a string representation.

Parameters:
keyCode - the key code to be translated
Returns:
a string representation of the key code

convertAccelerator

public static final int convertAccelerator(String acceleratorText)
Parses the given accelerator text, and converts it to an accelerator key code.

Parameters:
acceleratorText - the accelerator text
Returns:
the SWT key code, or 0 if there is no accelerator

extractAcceleratorText

public static final String extractAcceleratorText(String text)
Extracts the accelerator text from the given text. Returns null if there is no accelerator text, and the empty string if there is no text after the accelerator delimeter (tab or '@').

Parameters:
text - the text for the action; may be null.
Returns:
the accelerator text, or null

extractMnemonic

public static final char extractMnemonic(String text)
Extracts the mnemonic text from the given string.

Parameters:
text - The text from which the mnemonic should be extracted; may be null
Returns:
The text of the mnemonic; will be MNEMONIC_NONE if there is no mnemonic;

findKeyCode

public static final int findKeyCode(String token)
Maps a standard keyboard key name to an SWT key code. Key names are converted to upper case before comparison. If the key name is a single letter, for example "S", its character code is returned.

The following key names are known (case is ignored):

Parameters:
token - the key name
Returns:
the SWT key code, -1 if no match was found
See Also:
SWT

findKeyString

public static final String findKeyString(int keyCode)
Maps an SWT key code to a standard keyboard key name. The key code is stripped of modifiers (SWT.CTRL, SWT.ALT, SWT.SHIFT, and SWT.COMMAND). If the key code is not an SWT code (for example if it a key code for the key 'S'), a string containing a character representation of the key code is returned.

Parameters:
keyCode - the key code to be translated
Returns:
the string representation of the key code
Since:
2.0
See Also:
SWT

findModifier

public static final int findModifier(String token)
Maps standard keyboard modifier key names to the corresponding SWT modifier bit. The following modifier key names are recognized (case is ignored): "CTRL", "SHIFT", "ALT", and "COMMAND". The given modifier key name is converted to upper case before comparison.

Parameters:
token - the modifier key name
Returns:
the SWT modifier bit, or 0 if no match was found
See Also:
SWT

findModifierString

public static final String findModifierString(int keyCode)
Returns a string representation of an SWT modifier bit (SWT.CTRL, SWT.ALT, SWT.SHIFT, and SWT.COMMAND). Returns null if the key code is not an SWT modifier bit.

Parameters:
keyCode - the SWT modifier bit to be translated
Returns:
the string representation of the SWT modifier bit, or null if the key code was not an SWT modifier bit
See Also:
SWT

removeAcceleratorText

public static final String removeAcceleratorText(String text)
Convenience method for removing any optional accelerator text from the given string. The accelerator text appears at the end of the text, and is separated from the main part by a single tab character '\t'.

Parameters:
text - the text
Returns:
the text sans accelerator

removeMnemonics

public static final String removeMnemonics(String text)
Convenience method for removing any mnemonics from the given string. For example, removeMnemonics("&Open") will return "Open".

Parameters:
text - the text
Returns:
the text sans mnemonics

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