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Add button to Console toolbar [message #1279202]

Fri, 28 March 2014 07:37

Eclipse User

I wish to add a button to an application's Console toolbar.

Putting the following in the relevant plugin.xml successfully puts a working button on the Console toolbar:

<extension point="org.eclipse.ui.viewActions">
   <viewContribution
      id="com.xxx.yyy.launch.viewContribution1"
      targetID="org.eclipse.ui.console.ConsoleView">
      <action label="Expand"
              class="com.xxx.yyy.launch.actions.ExpandAction"
              icon="icons/expand.gif"
              id="com.xxx.yyy.launch.action.expand"
              style="push"
              toolbarPath="toolbar"
              tooltip="Expand"/>
   </viewContribution>
</extension>

However, the extension point, viewContribution, and action are marked as deprecated.

I have tried to get the same effect using the extension point org.eclipse.ui.commands (as indicated in the deprecated message) like this,
where expand.button has been defined as a command:

<extension point="org.eclipse.ui.menus">
   <menuContribution locationURI="toolbar:org.eclipse.ui.main.toolbar">
      <toolbar id="toolbar1">
         <command commandId="expand.button"/>
      </toolbar>
   </menuContribution>
   <menuContribution locationURI="toolbar:org.eclipse.ui.console.ConsoleView">
      <toolbar id="toolbar2">
         <command commandId="expand.button"/> 
      </toolbar>
   </menuContribution>
</extension>

This correctly puts a working 'expand' button on the main toolbar, but one does not appear on the Console toolbar.

Can anyone suggest what is wrong with this?

Re: Add button to Console toolbar [message #1313376 is a reply to message #1279202]

Thu, 24 April 2014 17:27

Eclipse User

Hi Peter,

You cannot put a toolbar in the toolbar of a view. Put a command directly on the view toolbar like so:

<menuContribution locationURI="toolbar:org.eclipse.ui.console.ConsoleView">
<command commandId="expand.button"/>
</menuContribution>

Cheers,

Wim

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