Description Bruno Koeferli 2011-07-04 05:08:53 EDT

The Eclipse key bindings - f.e. CTRL+A, defined in "org.eclipse.ui.bindings" extension in porject org.eclipse.ui, to select all text in a Scout-StringField - do not work on modeless (none modal) forms (dialogs). 

The problem is that on modeless forms no dialog-org.eclipse.ui.contexts ("org.eclipse.ui.contexts.dialogAndWindow" and "org.eclipse.ui.contexts.dialog") will not be activated. This is caused by dialogs with a null parent which explicitly receives no context (see org.eclipse.ui.internal.contexts.ContextAuthority#checkWindowType)

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open a modeless Scout form containing a String Field
2. Type some text into this String Field
3. Press CTRL+A to select all text

Possible Workaround (quick and dirty approach?) - activate the missing contexts manually:
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if (!form.isModal()) {
  IContextService contextService = (IContextService) PlatformUI.getWorkbench().getService(IContextService.class);
  contextService.activateContext(IContextService.CONTEXT_ID_DIALOG_AND_WINDOW);
  contextService.activateContext(IContextService.CONTEXT_ID_DIALOG);
}
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