NetBeans Platform: Toolbar and Actions

Question

I tried to solve this in the last two days with no luck. I looked at the pages on the solution pages that look right, but either my implementation is wrong or they are not the right solutions.

I created a new toolbar called AddEditDelete. Then I started adding Actions to it:

Here is AddAction.java

@ActionID(category = "Edit", id = "com.waudware.toolbar.AddAction") @ActionRegistration(iconBase = "com/demo/toolbar/icons/add.png", displayName = "#CTL_AddAction") @ActionReferences({ @ActionReference(path = "Toolbars/AddEditDelete", position = 1), @ActionReference(path = "Shortcuts", name = "DA") }) @Messages("CTL_AddAction=Add") public final class AddAction implements ActionListener { public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) { //TODO: Code here } } 

I also have EditAction.java and DeleteAction.java - they were all created as "Always Enabled".

What I'm trying to do is this: when you click the "Add" button on the toolbar, it will execute the code in AddAction.java and disable EditAction.java ("Gray of the action buttons so that they are invisible").

After 2 days, trying to figure out how to do this, I completely lost and am almost sure that this is impossible. Until now, NetBeans dev forums have been useless.

Edit: My question is quite specific and simple: what would be the correct (even if it is bad practice) approach to disconnecting EditAction.java from AddAction.java. So far I have tried using Lookup, CookieSet, Direct calls, Action instantication, and the only thing I got was remotely what I wanted -

 ToolbarPool.getDefault().findToolbar("AddEditDelete").setEnabled(false); 

which hides the entire toolbar, but not the individual actions (icons) on it.

Answer 1

See Toolbar.getComponents() instead.

 Component components = ToolbarPool.getDefault(). findToolbar("AddEditDelete").getComponents(); for (Component component : components) { component.setEnabled(false); }