Re: Properties Panel not working for me

Charles Bedon <[email protected]> Tue, 4 Jul 2017 12:24:42 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.comp.java.netbeans.modules.openide.devel
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Hello Peter,

Care to share some code? "instead of the node's properties, the properties
of the ExplorerManager are shown" is not quite clear to me. Why wouldn't
you want to show the properties of the business object (or DataObject as
you call it) represented by the node?

Kind regards,

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On Sat, Jul 1, 2017 at 2:29 AM, Peter Nabbefeld <[email protected]>
wrote:

>
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to write some editor. First I've created a navigator panel,
> which is already working. Now I wanted to also create a properties panel,
> but it doesn't work for me:
>
> I've overridden getSheet() like advised in the platform tutorials, but
> when debugging, the method is never called.
>
> When I'm right-clicking on the root node of my navigator panel, the
> properties of the underlying DataObject's properties are shown instead of
> those of the root node, thought this object is not in the node's lookup.
>
> It seems, instead of the node's properties, the properties of the
> ExplorerManager are shown, so the root node is probably wrapped by it.
>
> How can I fix this problem? And is there any means to show the properties
> panel at the same time my editor window is activated?
>
> Kind regards
> Peter
>
>