1 /*
2  * Copyright (C) 2008 The Android Open Source Project
3  *
4  * Licensed under the Eclipse Public License, Version 1.0 (the "License");
5  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6  * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7  *
8  *      http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/epl-v10.php
9  *
10  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14  * limitations under the License.
15  */
16 
17 package com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.internal.ui;
18 
19 import org.eclipse.ui.IViewPart;
20 import org.eclipse.ui.IWorkbenchPage;
21 import org.eclipse.ui.IWorkbenchWindow;
22 import org.eclipse.ui.PartInitException;
23 import org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI;
24 
25 /**
26  * Helpers for Eclipse UI related stuff.
27  */
28 public final class EclipseUiHelper {
29 
30     /** View Id for the default Eclipse Content Outline view. */
31     public static final String CONTENT_OUTLINE_VIEW_ID = "org.eclipse.ui.views.ContentOutline";
32     /** View Id for the default Eclipse Property Sheet view. */
33     public static final String PROPERTY_SHEET_VIEW_ID  = "org.eclipse.ui.views.PropertySheet";
34 
35     /** This class never gets instantiated. */
EclipseUiHelper()36     private EclipseUiHelper() {
37     }
38 
39     /**
40      * Shows the corresponding view.
41      * <p/>
42      * Silently fails in case of error.
43      *
44      * @param viewId One of {@link #CONTENT_OUTLINE_VIEW_ID}, {@link #PROPERTY_SHEET_VIEW_ID}.
45      * @param activate True to force activate (i.e. takes focus), false to just make visible (i.e.
46      *                 does not steal focus.)
47      */
showView(String viewId, boolean activate)48     public static void showView(String viewId, boolean activate) {
49         IWorkbenchWindow win = PlatformUI.getWorkbench().getActiveWorkbenchWindow();
50         if (win != null) {
51             IWorkbenchPage page = win.getActivePage();
52             if (page != null) {
53                 try {
54                     IViewPart part = page.showView(viewId,
55                             null /* secondaryId */,
56                             activate ? IWorkbenchPage.VIEW_ACTIVATE : IWorkbenchPage.VIEW_VISIBLE);
57                 } catch (PartInitException e) {
58                     // ignore
59                 }
60             }
61         }
62 
63     }
64 }
65