| Customizing the workbench window [message #533460] |
Thu, 13 May 2010 23:48  |
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Hi All,
I am wondering how, in E4, you would customize the workbench window. In 3.x you used WorkbenchAdvisor to do this. Does this approach still work in E4? I am under the impression that E4 is a re-write of eclipse. Can presentations do the same thing? If so how do I get my RCP to use it?
Any guidance would be very much appreciated.
Thanks
Pete
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| Re: Customizing the workbench window [message #533469 is a reply to message #533460] |
Fri, 14 May 2010 03:23  |
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Hi Pete,
In e4, you generally don't need to "customize the workbench window" as
you have almost absolute control of it from the moment you create you e4
application.
With e4 1.0M5 you have just enough tooling to get you started with
developing an e4 application. Just create new e4 application, that sets
you up with most basic application window and some common command
handlers and then open Application.e4xmi with either the default visual
editor or a specialized e4 application model editor.
From there you have absolute freedom to rearrange your workbench or
rebuild it from ground zero.
Once the layout of your application is complete, you can style it with
CSS providing suitable colors and borders and whatnot.
In addition (although I have not tried it yet), you also have an option
of overriding/reimplementing your own application model renderers to
provide your unique look and feel, where CSS falls short.
14.05.2010 6:48, Pete kirjutas:
> Hi All,
> I am wondering how, in E4, you would customize the workbench window. In
> 3.x you used WorkbenchAdvisor to do this. Does this approach still work
> in E4? I am under the impression that E4 is a re-write of eclipse. Can
> presentations do the same thing? If so how do I get my RCP to use it?
>
> Any guidance would be very much appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
> Pete
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Roland Tepp
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| Re: Customizing the workbench window [message #576482 is a reply to message #533469] |
Fri, 21 May 2010 08:43 |
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Thanks Roland.
I have been playing with E4 for a short time now and am familiar with hoe to layout the workbench with the visual editor (although this does not seem to work on OSX). However, I guess what I was really trying to find out is how to use a custom renderer. What I would like to do is place a section at the top of the window in a similar fashion to the dialog banners seen in the Eclipse wizards. Not sure how this would be done. I am very new to Eclipse RCP development and am finding a number of the technologies difficult to get a grasp on. I am able to get a simple RCP application running and am now trying to focus on doing something useful with it.
Thanks for your advice.
Pete
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