Eclipse Platform
Release 3.1

org.eclipse.ui.dialogs
Class PreferencesUtil

java.lang.Object
  extended byorg.eclipse.ui.dialogs.PreferencesUtil

public final class PreferencesUtil
extends Object

The PreferencesUtil class is the class that opens a properties or preference dialog on a set of ids.

Since:
3.1

Constructor Summary
PreferencesUtil()
           
 
Method Summary
static PreferenceDialog createPreferenceDialogOn(Shell shell, String preferencePageId, String[] displayedIds, Object data)
          Creates a workbench preference dialog and selects particular preference page.
static PreferenceDialog createPropertyDialogOn(Shell shell, IAdaptable element, String propertyPageId, String[] displayedIds, Object data)
          Creates a workbench preference dialog to a particular preference page.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

PreferencesUtil

public PreferencesUtil()
Method Detail

createPreferenceDialogOn

public static final PreferenceDialog createPreferenceDialogOn(Shell shell,
                                                              String preferencePageId,
                                                              String[] displayedIds,
                                                              Object data)
Creates a workbench preference dialog and selects particular preference page. If there is already a preference dialog open this dialog is used and its selection is set to the page with id preferencePageId. Show the other pages as filtered results using whatever filtering criteria the search uses. It is the responsibility of the caller to then call open(). The call to open() will not return until the dialog closes, so this is the last chance to manipulate the dialog.

Parameters:
shell - The Shell to parent the dialog off of if it is not already created. May be null in which case the active workbench window will be used if available.
preferencePageId - The identifier of the preference page to open; may be null. If it is null, then the preference page is not selected or modified in any way.
displayedIds - The ids of the other pages to be displayed using the same filtering criterea as search. If this is null, then the all preference pages are shown.
data - Data that will be passed to all of the preference pages to be applied as specified within the page as they are created. If the data is null nothing will be called.
Returns:
a preference dialog.
Since:
3.1
See Also:
PreferenceDialog.PreferenceDialog(Shell, PreferenceManager)

createPropertyDialogOn

public static final PreferenceDialog createPropertyDialogOn(Shell shell,
                                                            IAdaptable element,
                                                            String propertyPageId,
                                                            String[] displayedIds,
                                                            Object data)
Creates a workbench preference dialog to a particular preference page. Show the other pages as filtered results using whatever filtering criteria the search uses. It is the responsibility of the caller to then call open(). The call to open() will not return until the dialog closes, so this is the last chance to manipulate the dialog.

Parameters:
shell - The shell to use to parent the dialog if required.
propertyPageId - The identifier of the preference page to open; may be null. If it is null, then the dialog is opened with no selected page.
element - IAdaptable An adaptable element to open the dialog on.
displayedIds - The ids of the other pages to be displayed using the same filtering criterea as search. If this is null, then the all preference pages are shown.
data - Data that will be passed to all of the preference pages to be applied as specified within the page as they are created. If the data is null nothing will be called.
Returns:
A preference dialog showing properties for the selection or null if it could not be created.
Since:
3.1

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