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Dynamic drop-down menu for a toolitem [message #329037]

Tue, 10 June 2008 18:55

Eclipse User

Hi,

I need to change the menu-items in the drop-down menu attached to a
toolitem dynamically based on a which editor is in focus. This can happen
at any time after the view creation. Right now I have code that creates
the menu items in the view part rather than through eclipse extensions. I
looked at some code that does it through extensions
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Menu_Contributions/Dropdown_Command , but the
menu-items are not dynamic. Is there a way to make the menu-items
dynamica, better still in the code itself?

Thanks,

Asha Nair

Re: Dynamic drop-down menu for a toolitem [message #329142 is a reply to message #329037]

Fri, 13 June 2008 13:06

Eclipse User

You can add a <dynamic/> element if you are using menu contributions.

PW

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Paul Webster
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Platform_Command_Framework
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Command_Core_Expressions
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Menu_Contributions
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Menus_Extension_Mapping
http://help.eclipse.org/help33/index.jsp?topic=/org.eclipse. platform.doc.isv/guide/workbench.htm

Re: Dynamic drop-down menu for a toolitem [message #329147 is a reply to message #329142]

Fri, 13 June 2008 14:23

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: agirija.cisco.com

Thanks for reply Paul.

No, I am not using contributions, but adding it up in the view itself. I
am creating a menu and attaching it as a drop-down to a toolitem in the
ToolBarManager. Is there a way to change the menu-items in the menu based
on certain conditions in this case?

Thanks,

Asha

Re: Dynamic drop-down menu for a toolitem [message #329168 is a reply to message #329147]

Mon, 16 June 2008 07:52

Eclipse User

So you've contributed a Action that is a DROPDOWN action? Then your
IMenuCreator is providing the SWT Menu, correct? Check out
http://www.eclipse.org/swt/snippets/ for an example of how to update a
Menu every time it is shown.

PW

--
Paul Webster
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Platform_Command_Framework
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Command_Core_Expressions
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Menu_Contributions
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Menus_Extension_Mapping
http://help.eclipse.org/help33/index.jsp?topic=/org.eclipse. platform.doc.isv/guide/workbench.htm

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