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author Jacob Carlborg <doob@me.com> <jacob.carlborg@gmail.com>
date Sat, 09 Aug 2008 17:00:02 +0200
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+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2000, 2006 IBM Corporation and others.
+ * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+ * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+ * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+ * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+ *
+ * Contributors:
+ *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
+ *******************************************************************************/
+module dwt.events.TraverseEvent;
+
+import dwt.dwthelper.utils;
+
+
+import dwt.widgets.Event;
+
+/**
+ * Instances of this class are sent as a result of
+ * widget traversal actions.
+ * <p>
+ * The traversal event allows fine control over keyboard traversal
+ * in a control both to implement traversal and override the default
+ * traversal behavior defined by the system.  This is achieved using
+ * two fields, <code>detail</code> and <code>doit</code>.
+ * </p><p>
+ * When a control is traversed, a traverse event is sent.  The detail
+ * describes the type of traversal and the doit field indicates the default
+ * behavior of the system.  For example, when a right arrow key is pressed
+ * in a text control, the detail field is <code>TRAVERSE_ARROW_NEXT</code>
+ * and the doit field is <code>false</code>, indicating that the system
+ * will not traverse to the next tab item and the arrow key will be
+ * delivered to the text control.  If the same key is pressed in a radio
+ * button, the doit field will be <code>true</code>, indicating that
+ * traversal is to proceed to the next tab item, possibly another radio
+ * button in the group and that the arrow key is not to be delivered
+ * to the radio button.
+ * </p><p>
+ * How can the traversal event be used to implement traversal?
+ * When a tab key is pressed in a canvas, the detail field will be
+ * <code>TRAVERSE_TAB_NEXT</code> and the doit field will be
+ * <code>false</code>.  The default behavior of the system is to
+ * provide no traversal for canvas controls.  This means that by
+ * default in a canvas, a key listener will see every key that the
+ * user types, including traversal keys.  To understand why this
+ * is so, it is important to understand that only the widget implementor
+ * can decide which traversal is appropriate for the widget.  Returning
+ * to the <code>TRAVERSE_TAB_NEXT</code> example, a text widget implemented
+ * by a canvas would typically want to use the tab key to insert a
+ * tab character into the widget.  A list widget implementation, on the
+ * other hand, would like the system default traversal behavior.  Using
+ * only the doit flag, both implementations are possible.  The text widget
+ * implementor sets doit to <code>false</code>, ensuring that the system
+ * will not traverse and that the tab key will be delivered to key listeners.
+ * The list widget implementor sets doit to <code>true</code>, indicating
+ * that the system should perform tab traversal and that the key should not
+ * be delivered to the list widget.
+ * </p><p>
+ * How can the traversal event be used to override system traversal?
+ * When the return key is pressed in a single line text control, the
+ * detail field is <code>TRAVERSE_RETURN</code> and the doit field
+ * is <code>true</code>.  This means that the return key will be processed
+ * by the default button, not the text widget.  If the text widget has
+ * a default selection listener, it will not run because the return key
+ * will be processed by the default button.  Imagine that the text control
+ * is being used as an in-place editor and return is used to dispose the
+ * widget.  Setting doit to <code>false</code> will stop the system from
+ * activating the default button but the key will be delivered to the text
+ * control, running the key and selection listeners for the text.  How
+ * can <code>TRAVERSE_RETURN</code> be implemented so that the default button
+ * will not be activated and the text widget will not see the return key?
+ * This is achieved by setting doit to <code>true</code>, and the detail
+ * to <code>TRAVERSE_NONE</code>.
+ * </p><p>
+ * Note: A widget implementor will typically implement traversal using
+ * only the doit flag to either enable or disable system traversal.
+ * </p>
+ * 
+ * @see TraverseListener
+ */
+
+public final class TraverseEvent extends KeyEvent {
+    
+    /**
+     * The traversal type.
+     * <p><ul>
+     * <li>{@link dwt.DWT#TRAVERSE_NONE}</li>
+     * <li>{@link dwt.DWT#TRAVERSE_ESCAPE}</li>
+     * <li>{@link dwt.DWT#TRAVERSE_RETURN}</li>
+     * <li>{@link dwt.DWT#TRAVERSE_TAB_NEXT}</li>
+     * <li>{@link dwt.DWT#TRAVERSE_TAB_PREVIOUS}</li>
+     * <li>{@link dwt.DWT#TRAVERSE_ARROW_NEXT}</li>
+     * <li>{@link dwt.DWT#TRAVERSE_ARROW_PREVIOUS}</li>
+     * <li>{@link dwt.DWT#TRAVERSE_MNEMONIC}</li>
+     * <li>{@link dwt.DWT#TRAVERSE_PAGE_NEXT}</li>
+     * <li>{@link dwt.DWT#TRAVERSE_PAGE_PREVIOUS}</li>
+     * </ul></p>
+     * 
+     * Setting this field will change the type of traversal.
+     * For example, setting the detail to <code>TRAVERSE_NONE</code>
+     * causes no traversal action to be taken.
+     * 
+     * When used in conjunction with the <code>doit</code> field, the
+     * traversal detail field can be useful when overriding the default
+     * traversal mechanism for a control. For example, setting the doit
+     * field to <code>false</code> will cancel the operation and allow
+     * the traversal key stroke to be delivered to the control. Setting
+     * the doit field to <code>true</code> indicates that the traversal
+     * described by the detail field is to be performed.
+     */
+    public int detail;
+    
+    static final long serialVersionUID = 3257565105301239349L;
+    
+/**
+ * Constructs a new instance of this class based on the
+ * information in the given untyped event.
+ *
+ * @param e the untyped event containing the information
+ */
+public TraverseEvent(Event e) {
+    super(e);
+    this.detail = e.detail;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Returns a string containing a concise, human-readable
+ * description of the receiver.
+ *
+ * @return a string representation of the event
+ */
+public String toString() {
+    String string = super.toString ();
+    return string.substring (0, string.length() - 1) // remove trailing '}'
+        + " detail=" + detail
+        + "}";
+}
+}