How to close a ViewPart in Eclipse?

Question

I have a view in Eclipse (implemented by a class which extends org.eclipse.ui.part.ViewPart) which I need to close. I mean completely close, not just hide. I wa

Answer 1

I think the IWorkbenchPage.hideView() method you mentioned is the only one available to programmaticaly close a view. I also think this method name should be closeView() beacause it really close the view.

I have been using this method for a while (with allowMultiple=true views) and after debugging it seems my view.dispose() method is invoked each time I invoke hideView().

Next time I open this view again (I mean from my code and not from user interface), a new one is created by Eclipse and the createPartControl() method is invoked again.

Moreover, the call hierarchy view told me than the hideView() should call the dispose method() ....

hideView() >> releaseView() >> partRemoved() >> disposePart() >> dispose() >> doDisposePart() >> doDisposePart() >> dispose()

Hope this can help ....

One last question, how did you checked that your view was not correctly disposed ??