[udig-devel] Modal tool deactivation

[Jesse Eichar]

Hi

I'm just created a new Issue:  UDIG 958.  You can add yourself as a  
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Jesse

On 8-Aug-06, at 3:54 AM, Damjan Šavko wrote:

> OK, I've done some more testing and I think there is a bug in uDig- 
> RC2. After you select a modal tool, you cannot deselect it. It  
> keeps on being selected. The only way to deselect it is to choose  
> another modal tool.
>
> Hope it helps.
>
> Damjan Šavko
>
>
> On 8/8/06, Damjan Šavko <damjan.savd at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, I' ve started moving my plugins to uDig-RC2 (SDK) from uDig-M7 
> (SDK) and I've been having some troubles. The trick you showed me  
> to deactivate a tool in the toolbar:  ApplicationGIS.getToolManager  
> ().getTool ( toolID,categoryID).run();  doesn't do the trick  
> anymore. Instead of turning the button off it turns it on (although  
> is already on) throwing the tool in an endless loop.
> Also I've noticed that my drawing tools are acting very strange. To  
> draw on the map I use the folowing commands:
>
> rect = new Rectangle(e.x - 10, e.y -10, 10, 10);
>             dsc = context.getDrawFactory().createDrawShapeCommand 
> (rect, java.awt.Color.GREEN, 1, 1);
>             dsc.setShape(rect);
>             dsc.setValid (true);
>             context.sendASyncCommand(dsc);
> and
>             dsc.setValid(false);
>             context.sendASyncCommand(dsc);
> to erase.
>
> Do you know what were the changes from uDigM7 to uDigRC2 that  
> caused my plugins to stop working?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Damjan Šavko
>
>
>
> On 7/21/06, Jesse Eichar < jeichar at refractions.net > wrote:
> The reason it works is because when you press the button the run  
> methods is executed.  So basically you need to simulate a button  
> press... which calling run does.
>
> Jesse
>
> On 21-Jul-06, at 2:10 AM, Damjan Šavko wrote:
>
>> Bingo Jesse! That really did the trick. I would have never thought  
>> to use the run() method inside a modal tool. I still don't know  
>> why that works but I don't really care that much :)
>>
>> Another thing: I can get the category ID by  
>> ApplicationGIS.getToolManager().getActiveCategory().getId() but I  
>> cannot do the same with tool ID. There is no  
>> ApplicationGIS.getToolManager().getActiveTool().getId().
>> Anyway that's not such a big problem, it would've been just a bit  
>> more elegant.
>>
>> Thanks a lot!
>>
>> Damjan
>>
>>
>>
>> On 7/20/06, Jesse Eichar <jeichar at refractions.net> wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> The following snippet can be added to you setActiveMethod():
>>
>> Display.getCurrent().asyncExec(new Runnable(){
>>         public void run(){
>>                 ApplicationGIS.getToolManager().getTool(toolID).run 
>> ();
>>         }
>> }
>>
>> I haven't actually tested this situation so let me know how it goes.
>> But theoretically it should work... :)  If it doesn't file a bug
>> report and I will fix the issue.
>>
>> Jesse
>>
>> On 20-Jul-06, at 1:52 AM, Damjan Šavko wrote:
>>
>> > Hello, I'm making a modal tool to select certain features on the
>> > map. But certain types of data must be in the current map to use
>> > this tool. So I check if the conditions are valid using the
>> > function  setActive(active) (which is run where the button is
>> > pressed) and that works fine. But if the conditions aren't true I
>> > would like to deactivate the button programatically so that the
>> > user wouldn't have to deactivate the button manually. Is there a
>> > way I could do that?
>> >
>> > Thanks for your help.
>> >
>> > Damjan
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