Bug 161805 [Viewers] JFace TreeViewer collapses node when sibbling removed
3.2 1. Use the Eclipse Wizard to produce a plugin with a tree viewer view. 2. Paste the modified SampleView.java - this looks like the left part of the attached screenshot 3. Click on the top node Parent1 and type - 4. TreeViewer.remove is called to remove Parent 1. TreeViewer.refresh is called - this looks like the right part of the attached screenshot Wrong: node Parent 4 is now collapsed. Expectation Parent 4 is still expanded. Is there any workaround? Am I misusing your API? Note. The snippet is almost identical to the code generated by PDE for plugin / view / Tree Viewer. Here is the extra code in createPartControl: viewer.getTree().addKeyListener(new KeyListener() { public void keyReleased(KeyEvent e) { // TODO Auto-generated method stub } public void keyPressed(KeyEvent e) { if (e.character == '-') { TreeParent parent = (TreeParent) ((IStructuredSelection)viewer.getSelection()).toArray()[0]; parent.getParent().removeChild(parent); viewer.refresh(); } if (e.character == '+') { TreeParent parent = (TreeParent) ((IStructuredSelection)viewer.getSelection()).toArray()[0]; parent.addChild(new TreeParent(new Date().toString())); } } });
bundles/org.eclipse.jface/src/org/eclipse/jface/viewers/AbstractTreeViewer.java
* otherwise, the elements are inserted at the appropriate positions.
	 * <p>
	 * This method should be called (by the content provider) when elements have
	 * been added to the model, in order to cause the viewer to accurately
	 * reflect the model. This method only affects the viewer, not the model.
	 * </p>
	 * 
	 * @param parentElementOrTreePath
	 *            the parent element
	 * @param childElements
	 *            the child elements to add
	 */
	public void add(Object parentElementOrTreePath, Object[] childElements) {
		Assert.isNotNull(parentElementOrTreePath);
		assertElementsNotNull(childElements);
		Widget[] widgets = internalFindItems(parentElementOrTreePath);
		
		if (widgets.length == 0) {
			return;
		}
		for (int i = 0; i < widgets.length; i++) {
			internalAdd(widgets[i], parentElementOrTreePath, childElements);
		}
	}
	/**
	 * Find the items for the given element of tree path
	 * 
	 * @param parentElementOrTreePath
	 *            the element or tree path
	 * @return the items for that element