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Create dropdown menu in toolbar [message #761515]

Tue, 06 December 2011 10:13

zippo29
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Registered: December 2011

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Hi

I am trying to create a drop down menu in a toolbar in a pure e4 application. I tried the old way via menuContributions but it does not work.

I tried Alt+Shift+F9 to see how it is done in eclipse but I can't manage to unbderstand how it is done.

There is a bug about this and it seems fixed. Am i missing something ?

Thanks in advance

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Re: Create dropdown menu in toolbar [message #761620 is a reply to message #761515]

Tue, 06 December 2011 13:57

Paul Webster
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Registered: July 2009
Location: Ottawa

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You should create a MToolItem and then set it's MMenu attribute.

PW

Paul Webster
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Platform_Command_Framework
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Command_Core_Expressions
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Menu_Contributions

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Re: Create dropdown menu in toolbar [message #762117 is a reply to message #761620]

Wed, 07 December 2011 10:14

zippo29
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Registered: December 2011

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Thanks for your answer but that's if I want to create the gui programatically , am I wrong ?

Is there a way to do it the declarative way via the Application.e4xmi ?

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Re: Create dropdown menu in toolbar [message #762163 is a reply to message #762117]

Wed, 07 December 2011 11:27

Paul Webster
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Location: Ottawa

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In the Application.e4xmi, create the model toolitem and then create a model menu and menu structure underneath it.

PW

Paul Webster
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Platform_Command_Framework
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Command_Core_Expressions
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Menu_Contributions

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Re: Create dropdown menu in toolbar [message #762576 is a reply to message #762163]

Thu, 08 December 2011 05:31

zippo29
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Registered: December 2011

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In the version I have of eclipse 4.1, in my Application.e4xmi I can't do that. I created a ToolbarItem by adding a WindowTrim but I can't find a Menu Child.

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Re: Create dropdown menu in toolbar [message #762699 is a reply to message #762576]

Thu, 08 December 2011 09:24

Paul Webster
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Registered: July 2009
Location: Ottawa

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Are you using the EMF SDK and the reflective editor? Or you mean with the e4xmi editor from e4?

The e4xmi editor does not yet support that child element. Please open a bug at https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/enter_bug.cgi?product=E4&component=UI

PW

Paul Webster
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Platform_Command_Framework
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Command_Core_Expressions
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Menu_Contributions

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Re: Create dropdown menu in toolbar [message #762804 is a reply to message #762699]

Thu, 08 December 2011 11:34

zippo29
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Registered: December 2011

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Thanks for your answer

I tried several ways:
-I first used the default e4xmi editor. I does not allow to add menus to a handled item in a toolbar.
-Then I tried to add it manuelly in the xmi code => an arrow was displayed on the handled item but nothing happens when I click on it
-Then I tried via menu contributions in the plugin.xml
-Then I tried programatically by adding a menu to the toolbar item (setMenu method) => an arrow was displayed on the handled item but nothing happens when I click on it
-Reading your answer I tried the reflective editor. It creates the same xmi code I wrote in my first trials. I noticed though that the parent property of the menu added to the toolbar item is not updated and can't be assigned to the toolbar item.

There is a bug about drop down problems already. Can i reopen it ?

I am just wondering how did they manage to do it in eclipse ide. I tried looking up the source code but du the size of the code I never managed to get where it is done.

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