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Enabling the Plug-In Spy [message #1734633]

Fri, 10 June 2016 02:44

Eclipse User

Hi,

I'd like to enable the plug-in spy in my RCP application. To do so, I have included the following plug-ins in its build path:

org.eclipse.core.runtime
org.eclipse.ui
org.eclipse.ui.forms

However, nothing happens when I press ALT+SHIFT+F1 in my application.

Is there any other plug-in I should add, or something else I should do to enable the plug-in spy?

Thanks in advance!

Cheers,
Vlad

Re: Enabling the Plug-In Spy [message #1734809 is a reply to message #1734633]

Mon, 13 June 2016 02:42

Eclipse User

<command
    description="Spy Command"
    id="org.eclipse.pde.runtime.spy.commands.mySpyCommand"
    name="Spy Command">
</command>

I associated a Handler to this command, pointing to the SpyHandler class provided by PDE:

<handler
    class="org.eclipse.pde.internal.runtime.spy.handlers.SpyHandler"
    commandId="org.eclipse.pde.runtime.spy.commands.mySpyCommand">
</handler>

Finally, I created a binding between my command and the Alt+Shift+F1 key combination:

<key
    commandId="org.eclipse.pde.runtime.spy.commands.mySpyCommand"
    contextId="org.eclipse.ui.contexts.dialogAndWindow"
    schemeId="myscheme"
    sequence="M3+M2+F1">
</key>

I still don't know why I was not able to use the Plug-In Spy out of the box, but this workaround did the trick for me.

Cheers,
Vlad

Re: Enabling the Plug-In Spy [message #1734867 is a reply to message #1734633]

Mon, 13 June 2016 02:42

Eclipse User

I was able to find a workaround for this problem, so I am writing my solution here in case anyone else can use it.

What I ended up doing was defining my own command for opening the Plug-In Spy in my plugin's plugin.xml file:

<command
description="Spy Command"
id="org.eclipse.pde.runtime.spy.commands.mySpyCommand"
name="Spy Command">
</command>

I associated a Handler to this command, pointing to the SpyHandler class provided by PDE:

<handler
class="org.eclipse.pde.internal.runtime.spy.handlers.SpyHandler"
commandId="org.eclipse.pde.runtime.spy.commands.mySpyCommand">
</handler>

Finally, I created a binding between my command and the Alt+Shift+F1 key combination:

<key
commandId="org.eclipse.pde.runtime.spy.commands.mySpyCommand"
contextId="org.eclipse.ui.contexts.dialogAndWindow"
schemeId="myscheme"
sequence="M3+M2+F1">
</key>

I still don't know why I was not able to use the Plug-In Spy out of the box, but this workaround did the trick for me.

Cheers,
Vlad

Re: Enabling the Plug-In Spy [message #1735706 is a reply to message #1734633]

Wed, 22 June 2016 03:43

Eclipse User

On 10/06/2016 08:44, Vlad Acretoaie wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'd like to enable the plug-in spy in my RCP application. To do so, I
> have included the following plug-ins in its build path:
>
> org.eclipse.core.runtime
> org.eclipse.ui
> org.eclipse.ui.forms
>
> However, nothing happens when I press ALT+SHIFT+F1 in my application.
>
> Is there any other plug-in I should add, or something else I should do
> to enable the plug-in spy?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Cheers,
> Vlad

Hi

you should add also org.eclipse.pde.runtime

see http://blog.vogella.com/2009/06/22/eclipse-plug-in-spy-eclipse-rcp/

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