JFace TreeViewer expand or collapse on selection

Question

I've implemented a selection listener for my treeviewer to expand or collapse a node on selection. This impementation works fine for collapsing, but does not expand a node.

this.getTree().addListener(SWT.Selection, new Listener() {
        @Override
        public void handleEvent(Event event) {
            TreeItem treeItem = (TreeItem) event.item;
            if (treeItem.getItems().length > 0) {
                if (MyTreeViewer.this.getExpandedState(treeItem)) {
                    MyTreeViewer.this.collapseToLevel(treeItem, MyTreeViewer.this.ALL_LEVELS);
                } else {
                    MyTreeViewer.this.expandToLevel(treeItem, 1);
                }
                MyTreeViewer.this.refresh();
            }
        }
    });

Do you have any suggestions how to fix this?

Answer 1

For a JFace TreeViewer you should use a ISelectionChangedListener or a IDoubleClickListener - do not use the underlying Tree listeners as they may not interact correctly with the viewer.

This is what I use for double click:

public class TreeDoubleClickListener implements IDoubleClickListener
{
  @Override
  public void doubleClick(final DoubleClickEvent event)
  {
    IStructuredSelection selection = (IStructuredSelection)event.getSelection();
    if (selection == null || selection.isEmpty())
      return;

    Object sel = selection.getFirstElement();

    TreeViewer treeViewer = (TreeViewer)event.getViewer();

    IContentProvider provider = treeViewer.getContentProvider();

    if (provider instanceof ITreeContentProvider)
     {
       ITreeContentProvider treeProvider = (ITreeContentProvider)provider;

       if (!treeProvider.hasChildren(sel))
         return;

       if (treeViewer.getExpandedState(sel))
         treeViewer.collapseToLevel(sel, AbstractTreeViewer.ALL_LEVELS);
       else
         treeViewer.expandToLevel(sel, 1);
     }
  }
}

The key thing here is to use the selection as the argument to collapseToLevel / expandToLevel .

Just change to implement ISelectionChangedListener to work on selection.

Add the listener with TreeViewer addDoubleClickListener or addSelectionChangedListener