ColumnBrowser

Introduction

A widget that displays a tree structure a la mac in miller columns (look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller_Columns).

The widget itself contains the following method :

public ColumnBrowserWidget(final Composite parent, final int style) : Constructor the widget
public void addSelectionListener(final SelectionListener listener) : Add a selection listener
public void clear(final boolean needPacking) : remove all data of the widget
public ColumnItem getSelection() : get the ColumnItem selected (or null)
public void removeSelectionListener(final SelectionListener listener)
public void select(final ColumnItem item) : select a given item

The elements displayed in the widget are called ColumnItem

public ColumnItem(final ColumnBrowserWidget widget) : create an item and associate it to a given widget
public ColumnItem(final ColumnBrowserWidget widget, final int index) : idem, but the item is at a zero-based given position
public ColumnItem(final ColumnItem parent) : create a item that is a child of another ColumnItem
public ColumnItem(final ColumnItem parent, final int index) : idem, but the item is at a zero-based given position
public void remove(final ColumnItem item) : remove a child of the current item
public void remove(final int index) : remove a child of the current item
public void removeAll() : remove all childs of the current item
public ColumnItem getItem(final int index) : get a children at a given position
public int getItemCount() : get the number of children of the current item
public ColumnItem[] getItems() : get all children of the current item
public ColumnBrowserWidget getParent() : get the widget that stores the current item
public ColumnItem getParentItem() : get the parent of the current item, or null if there is not
public int indexOf(final ColumnItem item) : returns the position of a children

You can notice that the behaviour of this widget is very similar to the couple Tree/TreeItem.

An example called ColumnsSnippet.java is located in the directory src/test/java/org/mihalis/opal/columns.