NetBeans Platform - how to refresh the property sheet view of a node?
- by I82Much
Hi all,
I am using the PropertySheetView component to visualize and edit the properties of a node. This view should always reflect the most recent properties of the object; if there is a change to the object in another process, I want to somehow refresh the view and see the updated properties.
The best way I was able to do this is something like the following (making use of EventBus library to publish and subscribe to changes in objects):
public DomainObjectWrapperNode(DomainObject obj) {
super (Children.LEAF, Lookups.singleton(obj));
EventBus.subscribe(DomainObject.class, this);
}
public void onEvent(DomainObject event) {
// Do a check to determine if the updated object is the one wrapped by this node;
// if so fire a property sets change
firePropertySetsChange(null, this.getPropertySets());
}
This works, but my place in the scrollpane is lost when the sheet refreshes; it resets the view to the top of the list and I have to scroll back down to where I was before the refresh action.
So my question is, is there a better way to refresh the property sheet view of a node, specifically so my place in the property list is not lost upon refresh?
