Package org.eclipse.ui.views

Class WorkbenchViewerSetup

java.lang.Object
org.eclipse.ui.views.WorkbenchViewerSetup
public class WorkbenchViewerSetup extends Object

EXPERIMENTAL. This class or interface has been added as part of a work in progress. There is no guarantee that this API will work or that it will remain the same. Please do not use this API without consulting with the API development team.

Since:
3.130

  • Constructor Details

    • WorkbenchViewerSetup

      public WorkbenchViewerSetup()

  • Method Details

    • getItemsLimit

      public static int getItemsLimit()

      EXPERIMENTAL. This class or interface has been added as part of a work in progress. There is no guarantee that this API will work or that it will remain the same. Please do not use this API without consulting with the API development team.

      Returns the current viewer limit set in the General preference page.
      Returns:
      IWorkbenchPreferenceConstants.LARGE_VIEW_LIMIT

    • setupViewer

      public static void setupViewer(ColumnViewer viewer)

      EXPERIMENTAL. This class or interface has been added as part of a work in progress. There is no guarantee that this API will work or that it will remain the same. Please do not use this API without consulting with the API development team.

      Configure a ColumnViewer to show limited items per parent before showing an ExpandableNode. Limit used is read from preference IWorkbenchPreferenceConstants.LARGE_VIEW_LIMIT. Client must call this before Viewer.setInput(Object)

      User can change the viewer limit on preference page any time in the lifetime of the viewer. This setup takes care of refreshing the viewer with the new limit set.

      Parameters:
      viewer - ColumnViewer which has to configured for showing limited items.