Package org.eclipse.ui.fieldassist

Class ContentAssistField

java.lang.Object

org.eclipse.jface.fieldassist.DecoratedField

org.eclipse.ui.fieldassist.ContentAssistField

@Deprecated
public class ContentAssistField
extends DecoratedField

Deprecated.

As of 3.3, clients should use ControlDecoration and ContentAssistCommandAdapter instead of this class.

ContentAssistField utilizes the concepts of a DecoratedField and the ContentAssistCommandAdapter to provide a decorated field that shows a content assist cue when it gets focus and invokes content assist for a specified command.

This class is not intended to be subclassed.

Since:

3.2

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ContentAssistField(Composite parent, int style, IControlCreator controlCreator, IControlContentAdapter controlContentAdapter, IContentProposalProvider proposalProvider, String commandId, char[] autoActivationCharacters)	Deprecated. Construct a content assist field that shows a content assist cue and can assist the user with choosing content for the field.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
ContentAssistCommandAdapter	getContentAssistCommandAdapter()	Deprecated. Return the ContentAssistCommandAdapter installed on the receiver.
void	setEnabled(boolean enabled)	Deprecated. Set the boolean flag that determines whether the content assist is enabled.

Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.jface.fieldassist.DecoratedField

addFieldDecoration, getControl, getLayoutControl, hideDecoration, hideHover, setUseMaximumDecorationWidth, showDecoration, showHoverText, updateDecoration

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

ContentAssistField

public ContentAssistField(Composite parent,
 int style,
 IControlCreator controlCreator,
 IControlContentAdapter controlContentAdapter,
 IContentProposalProvider proposalProvider,
 String commandId,
 char[] autoActivationCharacters)

Deprecated.

Construct a content assist field that shows a content assist cue and can assist the user with choosing content for the field.

Parameters:

parent - the parent of the decorated field.

style - the desired style bits for the field.

controlCreator - the IControlCreator used to specify the specific kind of control that is to be decorated.

controlContentAdapter - the IControlContentAdapter used to obtain and update the control's contents as proposals are accepted. May not be null.

proposalProvider - the IContentProposalProvider used to obtain content proposals for this control, or null if no content proposal is available.

commandId - the String id of the command that will invoke the content assistant. If not supplied, the default value will be "org.eclipse.ui.edit.text.contentAssist.proposals".

autoActivationCharacters - An array of characters that trigger auto-activation of content proposal. If specified, these characters will trigger auto-activation of the proposal popup, regardless of the specified command id.

Method Details

setEnabled

public void setEnabled(boolean enabled)

Deprecated.

Set the boolean flag that determines whether the content assist is enabled.

Parameters:

enabled - true if content assist is enabled and responding to user input, false if it is ignoring user input.

getContentAssistCommandAdapter

public ContentAssistCommandAdapter getContentAssistCommandAdapter()

Deprecated.

Return the ContentAssistCommandAdapter installed on the receiver. This adapter is provided so that clients can configure the adapter if the default values are not appropriate.

Returns:

the ContentAssistCommandAdapter installed on the field.