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Editing the description of an attribute [message #1061387]

Fri, 31 May 2013 12:22

Liroth Lustim

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Registered: May 2013

Junior Member

Hello,

I want to add some descriptions to my DSL like what is expected next or what the specific attribute does. If I move my courser over some elements a yellow box appears in Eclipse. How do I change the text in it ?

Example:

/** description for an Item */
Item: name = ID ;

I get a customized description in the xtext file for Item, but I can't do the same for the attribute name. Also I want these descriptions shown in other files like the validator or in my runtime-environment but ther is only the text "If the meaning of the '' attribute isn't clear, there really should be more of a description here... "

My google searches only got me into scoping, formating and quickfixes.

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Re: Editing the description of an attribute [message #1061388 is a reply to message #1061387]

Fri, 31 May 2013 12:24

Christian Dietrich

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Registered: July 2009

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Hmmm do you mean http://christiandietrich.wordpress.com/2011/07/16/hover-support-in-xtext-2-0-tutorial/

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Re: Editing the description of an attribute [message #1061419 is a reply to message #1061388]

Fri, 31 May 2013 14:24

Liroth Lustim

Messages: 14
Registered: May 2013

Junior Member

Hello Christian,

Thanks this is a step in the right direction. I didn't thought of the word "hover".
But I want to have these boxes on many different places.
If I use the proposal provider there should be an explanation how to use this keyword in a yellow box right of the proposal list.
If I hover over the keyword ther should be this explanation too.
If I access this object or attribute in the language definition environment, like in the validator I want to have the same descriptions too.
If I write a line in my DSL which has many attributes to be assigned I want a box near the courser describing what the user has to write.

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Re: Editing the description of an attribute [message #1061442 is a reply to message #1061419]

Fri, 31 May 2013 16:02

Christian Dietrich

Messages: 14665
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

Hi,

i fear you have to customize a lot of stuff (yourself). you may digg into the corresponding code e.g.
the hover is by default only shown for the name attribute aka significant region.
digg into
- AdditionalProposalInfo in ConfigurableCompletionProposal
- DefaultEObjectHoverProvider
- org.eclipse.xtext.ui.editor.hover.AbstractEObjectHover.getXtextElementAt(XtextResource, int)

And others

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