How to identify the source of a text selection event coming from a CompareEditorInput in eclipse?
- by tangens
In my eclipse plugin I have the following code:
public class MyHandler extends AbstractHandler {
@Override
public Object execute( ExecutionEvent event ) throws ExecutionException {
ISelection sel = HandlerUtil
.getActiveWorkbenchWindowChecked( event )
.getSelectionService()
.getSelection();
if( sel instanceof TextSelection ) {
IEditorPart activeEditor = PlatformUI
.getWorkbench()
.getActiveWorkbenchWindow()
.getActivePage()
.getActiveEditor();
IEditorInput editorInput = activeEditor.getEditorInput();
if( editorInput instanceof CompareEditorInput ) {
// here are two possible sources of the text selection, the
// left or the right side of the compare editor.
// How can I find out, which side it is from?
}
}
return null;
}
}
Here I'm handling a text selection event coming from an CompareEditorInput, i.e. the result of comparing two remote revisions of a file with subclipse.
Now I want to handle the text selection properly. For that I have to know if it selects some text inside the left side editor or inside the right side editor.
How can I find that out?
