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org.netbeans.spi.navigator
Class NavigatorHandler

java.lang.Object
  org.netbeans.spi.navigator.NavigatorHandler

public final class NavigatorHandler
extends Object
extends Object

Set of methods for driving navigator behaviour.

Method Summary

static void activatePanel(NavigatorPanel panel)
Activates and shows given panel in navigator view.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Summary
`static void`	`activatePanel(NavigatorPanel panel)` Activates and shows given panel in navigator view.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Method Detail

activatePanel

public static void activatePanel(NavigatorPanel panel)

Activates and shows given panel in navigator view. Panel must be one of available panels at the time this method is called, which means that panel must be registered (either through mime type in xml layer or NavigatorLookupHint) for currently activated node in the system. Previously activated panel is deactivated and hidden.

Typical use case is to set preferred navigator panel in a situation when multiple panels are registered for multiple data types.

This method must be called from EventQueue thread.

Parameters:: panel - Navigator panel to be activated
Throws:: IllegalArgumentException - if given panel is not available