persist selections while switching documents

Signed-off-by: Ananya Sen <Ananya.Sen@motorola.com>

3 files changed, 23 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/js/controllers/selection-controller.js b/js/controllers/selection-controller.js
index f50762f3..62313960 100755
--- a/js/controllers/selection-controller.js
+++ b/js/controllers/selection-controller.js
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ exports.SelectionController = Montage.create(Component, {
             this.eventManager.addEventListener("elementDeleted", this, false);
             this.eventManager.addEventListener("selectAll", this, false);
             this.eventManager.addEventListener("deleteSelection", this, false);
+            this.eventManager.addEventListener("switchDocument", this, false);
 //            defaultEventManager.addEventListener( "undo", this, false);
 //            defaultEventManager.addEventListener( "redo", this, false);
         }
@@ -88,6 +89,14 @@ exports.SelectionController = Montage.create(Component, {
         }
     },
 
+    handleSwitchDocument: {
+        value: function() {
+            this._selectedItems = this.application.ninja.selectedElements.slice(0);
+            this._isDocument = false;
+            NJevent("selectionChange", {"elements": this.application.ninja.selectedElements, "isDocument": this._isDocument} );
+        }
+    },
+
     handleElementAdded: {
         value: function(event) {
             this.executeSelectElement(event.detail);
diff --git a/js/document/html-document.js b/js/document/html-document.js
index 111c491d..aac03606 100755
--- a/js/document/html-document.js
+++ b/js/document/html-document.js
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ exports.HTMLDocument = Montage.create(TextDocument, {
             this.gridVerticalSpacing = this.application.ninja.stage.drawUtils.gridVerticalSpacing;
 
             if(typeof this.application.ninja.selectedElements !== 'undefined'){
-                this.selectionModel = this.application.ninja.selectedElements;
+                this.selectionModel = this.application.ninja.selectedElements.slice(0);
             }
 
             this.draw3DGrid = this.application.ninja.appModel.show3dGrid;
@@ -717,8 +717,8 @@ exports.HTMLDocument = Montage.create(TextDocument, {
             this.application.ninja.stage.drawUtils.gridHorizontalSpacing = this.gridHorizontalSpacing;
             this.application.ninja.stage.drawUtils.gridVerticalSpacing = this.gridVerticalSpacing;
 
-            if((typeof this.selectionModel !== 'undefined') && (this.selectionModel !== null) && (this.selectionModel.length > 0)){
-                this.application.ninja.selectionController.initWithDocument(this.selectionModel);
+            if((typeof this.selectionModel !== 'undefined') && (this.selectionModel !== null)){
+                this.application.ninja.selectedElements = this.selectionModel.slice(0);
             }
 
             if((this.savedLeftScroll!== null) && (this.savedTopScroll !== null)){
diff --git a/js/panels/properties/content.reel/content.js b/js/panels/properties/content.reel/content.js
index 8fa33a75..e92fbcb2 100755
--- a/js/panels/properties/content.reel/content.js
+++ b/js/panels/properties/content.reel/content.js
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ exports.Content = Montage.create(Component, {
             }
 
             this.eventManager.addEventListener("openDocument", this, false);
+
+            this.eventManager.addEventListener("switchDocument", this, false);
         }
     },
 
@@ -74,6 +76,15 @@ exports.Content = Montage.create(Component, {
         }
     },
 
+    handleSwitchDocument: {
+        value: function(){
+            // For now always assume that the stage is selected by default
+            if(this.application.ninja.selectedElements.length === 0) {
+                this.displayStageProperties();
+            }
+        }
+    },
+
     /**
      * Blur and Key up to handle change in the Element ID field.
      */