org.eclipse.graphiti.ui.internal.contextbuttons

Interface IContextButtonManager

All Known Implementing Classes:

ContextButtonManagerForPad

public interface IContextButtonManager

An interface of a context button manager, which is responsible to show/hide a context buttons for an edit-part.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	deRegister(org.eclipse.gef.GraphicalEditPart graphicalEditPart) Deregisters the given graphical edit-part from the context button manager.
void	hideContextButtonsInstantly() Hides the context buttons (if they are currently showing).
void	register(org.eclipse.gef.GraphicalEditPart graphicalEditPart) Registers the given graphical edit-part for the context button manager.
void	setContextButtonShowing(boolean enable) Sets the general availability of the context button pad.

Method Detail

register

void register(org.eclipse.gef.GraphicalEditPart graphicalEditPart)

Registers the given graphical edit-part for the context button manager. As a result the context button manager will show the context buttons when the mouse is over the given graphical edit-part. Typically in this method the context button manager will register as mouse-listener on the edit-part.

Parameters:

graphicalEditPart - The graphical edit-part to register for the context button manager.

deRegister

void deRegister(org.eclipse.gef.GraphicalEditPart graphicalEditPart)

Deregisters the given graphical edit-part from the context button manager. Also see register(GraphicalEditPart).

Parameters:

graphicalEditPart - The graphical edit-part to deregister from the context button manager.

hideContextButtonsInstantly

void hideContextButtonsInstantly()

Hides the context buttons (if they are currently showing). This method can be called from outside the context button manager to hide the context buttons, e.g. when the mouse leaves the editor, when the shape is moved/resized, ...

setContextButtonShowing

void setContextButtonShowing(boolean enable)

Sets the general availability of the context button pad. This method enables the context button pad control from outside the manager