How to make an editor active?

I tried:
editor.getComponent().setVisible(true);
and:
editor.getContentComponent().setVisible(true);

But it does not work. Any idea?

Could somebody please post the code for the Goto Next Tab action so that I can have an idea?


Thanks,

Vincent

in Idea3.0, you can use
OpenFileDescriptor fileDesc = new OpenFileDescriptor(VirtualFile);
FileEditorManager.getInstance(Project).openFile(fileDesc,ScrollType.RELATIVE,true);

but I don't know whether it exist in build 929.

Thanks for your response but it's not what I'm looking for.
I have a file already open in an editor, and what I want to to make this editor's tab the active tab.
Your solution allows me to create a new editor.

-Vincent.

I haven't fount it. Generally it's hard to do much with just an editor.
The best you can do is register a FileEditorManagerListener and implement this:

public void fileOpened(FileEditorManager source, VirtualFile file) {
FileEditor fileEditor = source.getSelectedEditor(file);
if (fileEditor instanceof TextEditor) {
TextEditor editor = (TextEditor)fileEditor;
// Attach a reference to thefile to the Editor.
editor.getEditor().putUserData("VIRTUAL_FILE", file);
}
}

Now when you have an editor, check the user data for the file, if any, it is associated
with. Now I assume if you call openFile, it will just bring the already-opened file to the front.
But I have not tried this yet.


Erb

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Vincent wrote:

Thanks for your response but it's not what I'm looking for.
I have a file already open in an editor, and what I want to to make this editor's tab the active tab.
Your solution allows me to create a new editor.

-Vincent.