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Get a hold of components from plugin.xml [message #73858]

Fri, 13 June 2003 12:37

Eclipse User

I wrote a plugin that added some actions and menus to the Eclipse toolbar
and menubar respectively.
What I need to do is be able to alter those components from the java code.
I need to be able to set up the menu contents and disable and enable the
buttons and that type of stuff based on who logged in. Does anyone know
how I can do that?

Thank you very much,
Greg Roberts

Re: Get a hold of components from plugin.xml [message #74088 is a reply to message #73858]

Fri, 13 June 2003 14:43

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: simon.ibm.oti.lab

You could make use of system properties. You can enable/disable actions
using the enablement element, which provides a way to use system properties.
See the extension point documentation for more info on the enablement
element.

The only problem is action enablement is only recalculated when there is a
selection change. So if you change the value of the system properties, the
actions dependent on it will not update until a selection change occurs. I
think there is already a bug report about this shortcoming that you can vote
for and add yourself to the CC list (and maybe want to contribute a fix for
it)

Simon :-)

"Greg" <gwrobert@us.ibm.com> wrote in message
news:bccuki$l7p$1@rogue.oti.com...
> I wrote a plugin that added some actions and menus to the Eclipse toolbar
> and menubar respectively.
> What I need to do is be able to alter those components from the java code.
> I need to be able to set up the menu contents and disable and enable the
> buttons and that type of stuff based on who logged in. Does anyone know
> how I can do that?
>
> Thank you very much,
> Greg Roberts
>

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