How to do a getText()?

[EclipseDev]

How to retrieve the Text of a StyledText widget? The generated code does something like this:

ui.click(new XYLocator(new SWTWidgetLocator(StyledText.class),280, 25));

I need to edit the text in that styledtext. If I could retrieve it, I could subsitute the string I need and then do ui.enterText(). The problem is I have no access to the contents of StyledText...

Thanks!

[Phil Quitslund]

Ideally we should have a StyledTextLocator (and have opened a feature request).

In the meantime, you could try something like this:

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   public void sampleGetText() throws Exception {
      IUIContext ui = getUI();
      IWidgetReference ref = (IWidgetReference) ui.find(new SWTWidgetLocator(StyledText.class));
      StyledText text = (StyledText) ref.getWidget();
      String contents = getText(text);
      //...
   }


   private String getText(final StyledText text) {
      final String [] contents = new String[1];
      Display.getDefault().syncExec(new Runnable() {
         public void run() {
            contents[0] = text.getText();
         }
      });
      return contents[0];
   }

Hope this helps!

[EclipseDev]

Thanks, I have implemented my own StyledTextLocator to retrieve and select the text (which was also not possible with CTRL SHIFT END...).

As part of the enhancement, it would be nice to have access to the text cursor and string, in order to edit the text like a user would do.

[Phil Quitslund]

Good deal.

If you would like to share your implementation and annotate it with where you left off, I'd be happy to help fill it in.

Thanks!