java - Tab between fields in TableViewer

Question

What I'd like to do is be able to tab between elements in table.

I currently am creating my table like this.

this.tableViewer = 
            new TableViewer(parent , SWT.FULL_SELECTION);

   tableViewer.setUseHashlookup(true);
        table = tableViewer.getTable();

        GridData gridData = new GridData(GridData.FILL_BOTH);
        gridData.grabExcessVerticalSpace = true;
        table.setLayoutData(gridData);

        table.setLinesVisible(true);
        table.setHeaderVisible(true);

        ...

   /** Create the Cell Editor Array - will hold all columns **/
        editors = new CellEditor[table.getColumnCount()];
        /** Cell Editor Row 1 **/


  /** Set the column properties **/
        tableViewer.setColumnProperties(columnNames);

        /** Assign the cell editors to the viewer **/
        tableViewer.setCellEditors(editors);

        /** Set the cell modifier for the viewer **/
        tableViewer.setCellModifier(new MyCellModifier(this));
        //Create the Table Viewer

        /** Table Viewer Content and Label Provider **/
        tableViewer.setContentProvider(new MyContentProvider(this));
        tableViewer.setLabelProvider(new MyLabelProvider());

But I'm not sure how to set up the tabulation. Everything else works as far as editing columns, showing data, etc. Just stuck on this last part.

If I've missed obvious documentation or javadocs - my apologies and even pointing to those would be great.

Answer 1

Although the solution thehiatus posted is very low level and will probably work (I haven't tested it), JFace gives you a framework for this specific problem. See the org.eclipse.jface.viewers.TableViewerFocusCellManager along with org.eclipse.jface.viewers.CellNavigationStrategy classes to solve this problem.