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Editor Context Menu [message #1057808]

Wed, 08 May 2013 22:59

Mike Johnson

Messages: 9
Registered: April 2013

Junior Member

Hi,

I'm trying to add a context menu to my main editor screen to start adding code generation/auto-complete functionality.

Just to get the context menu up and running, can someone please help me understand why this basic starting point isn't working?

My plugin.xml:

<plugin>
   <extension
         point="org.eclipse.ui.popupMenus">
      <viewerContribution
            id="myContribution"
            targetID="myTargetID">
            <action
              id="myAction"
              label="This Is A Text Box Test"
              class="action">
            </action>
      </viewerContribution>
   </extension>
</plugin>

My file action.java:

public class action {
       public action() {
              // TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
       }
}

Obviously my "class" isn't doing anything at the moment, but - as I understand it - it's what get's called when you click on the new context menu item.

The problem? The context menu item "This Is A Text Box Test" isn't showing up in any editor window I pull up in my debugging instance. I don't see any errors generated. Am I missing something?

Thank you,

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