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Thu, 30 September 2021 14:49

Eclipse User

Hi.
Can I set a custom icon for my DSL file? I would like in Eclipse IDE my DSL file (eg myLanguage.dsl) to have a custom icon. This makes it easier to view the DSL file.

Re: An icon for DSL file [message #1844956 is a reply to message #1844955]

Thu, 30 September 2021 14:56

Eclipse User

Hi normally the editor icon (plugin.xml) should be picked when your file content type is associated with editor
Did you try to simply configure icon attribute ?

Re: An icon for DSL file [message #1844959 is a reply to message #1844956]

Thu, 30 September 2021 16:32

Eclipse User

Thanks for the reply.
In Eclipse DSL IDE, where exactly I can configure an icon for my .dsl language file?

Re: An icon for DSL file [message #1844962 is a reply to message #1844959]

Fri, 01 October 2021 00:18

Eclipse User

Hi

In your UI plugin.xml you could have something like:

    <extension
            point="org.eclipse.ui.editors">
        <editor
              class="org.eclipse.ocl.xtext.oclstdlib.ui.OCLstdlibExecutableExtensionFactory:org.eclipse.xtext.ui.editor.XtextEditor"
              contributorClass="org.eclipse.ui.editors.text.TextEditorActionContributor"
              default="true"
              extensions="oclstdlib"
              icon="icons/OCLModelFile.gif"
              id="org.eclipse.ocl.xtext.oclstdlib.OCLstdlib"
              name="%MF_OCLstdlibEditor">
           <contentTypeBinding contentTypeId="org.eclipse.ocl.xtext.OCLstdlib"/>
        </editor>
    </extension>

(Make sure the icon file / icons folder is exported via build.properties.)

Regards

Ed Willink

Re: An icon for DSL file [message #1844982 is a reply to message #1844962]

Fri, 01 October 2021 11:28

Eclipse User

Thank you very much.
Now it works, the steps a made was:
1) Create myCustomIcon.png with 16x16 pixel size
2) Add my custom icon into a new folder: /br.com.foo.bar.ui/icons
3) Adding line: icon="icons/myCustomIcon.png" to the /br.com.foo.bar.ui/plugin.xml file as example above
4) Configuring my file /br.com.foo.bar.ui/build.properties:
bin.includes = .,\
META-INF/,\
plugin.xml,\
icons/myCustomIcon.png

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