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Switching Themes in E3 mode [message #1015976]

Mon, 04 March 2013 08:04

Eclipse User

Hi,

We are currently developing a e4 RCP that can dynamically switch themes. But it might happen that we have to use 3.x views. So I edited the project in a way that allows starting it as an e3 or an e4 RCP (by renaming the plugin.xml). I used this tutorial as a base: http://dirksmetric.wordpress.com/2012/08/01/tutorial-eclipse-rcp-e4-with-3-x-views-like-project-explorer-properties-etc/.
Running it as an e3 RCP works out quite well, but switching css files doesn't work anymore. The handler code looks like this:

@Execute
	public void execute(
			IThemeEngine engine,
			@Named("styleParam") String param) {

		if (param.equals(TEST) && !engine.getActiveTheme().getId().equals(TEST)) {
			engine.setTheme(TEST, true);
		} else if (param.equals(DEFAULT)
				&& !engine.getActiveTheme().getId().equals(DEFAULT)) {
			engine.setTheme(DEFAULT, true);
		}
	}

This code works under e4, but the handler isn't invoked in e3, since it seems to have problems with the IThemeEngine.

Is it possible to change themes dynamically, if I start the RCP as an e3 RCP?

Best regards
Bastian

Re: Switching Themes in E3 mode [message #1015995 is a reply to message #1015976]

Mon, 04 March 2013 09:32

Eclipse User

Quote:

So I edited the project in a way that allows starting it as an e3 or an e4 RCP

I don't understand what you are trying to tell us with that. Usually the answer would be that Eclipse 4 features like CSS styling won't work in a pure Eclipse 3 application. Unless you make it possible.

You can find several blog posts about that. But I'm not quite sure if they still fit as they are a few years old (e.g. http://www.toedter.com/blog/?p=295 )

Re: Switching Themes in E3 mode [message #1016002 is a reply to message #1015995]

Mon, 04 March 2013 10:02

Eclipse User

Hi,

That should just mean, the project includes two plugin.xml files. Depending on which one you start it either runs as an e3 or an e4 plugin. But this isn't that much important Smile

I thought the IThemeEngine could work as well as the rest of the e4 content does, since the usage of a CSS file itself works like it did, when I ran it as an e4 RCP.

But I'll try to solve it in a different way.
Thanks
Bastian

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