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Can different instances of a view part have different content in toolbars? [message #664613]

Mon, 11 April 2011 07:46

Eclipse User

Our view part for showing results has multiple instances. Each instance has to show objects of a particular class. The toolbar for the view part has visible when clauses to ensure that the right contributions show up depending upon the class of objects being displayed.

Assume that there are two types: Fruits and Vegetables and we are showing the results in multiple instances of the results view. Fruits will be shown in one instance of the results view and Vegetables will be shown in the other instance.

However, when the toolbar for Fruits is refreshed to show the contributions for Fruits, we find that toolbar for Vegetables also shows the SAME menu contributions.
Is there a way to show different menu contributions in the view toolbar of different instances of the same view?

Re: Can different instances of a view part have different content in toolbars? [message #664621 is a reply to message #664613]

Mon, 11 April 2011 08:11

Eclipse User

There is one global application state managed by the IEvaluationService,
and that is provide for all enabledWhen/visibleWhen/activeWhen as well
as to a handler during execution.

But that impacts 2 multi-instance views that are side by side.

One possibility is to have the view use its IActionBars to contribute
CommandContributionItems directly from the view, instead of with
visibleWhen.

I'm not sure what another option would be, unless there was a way of
finding out who the visibleWhen expression was being evaluated for, and
I'm pretty sure that's not available in eclipse 3.x

PW

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Re: Can different instances of a view part have different content in toolbars? [message #667011 is a reply to message #664621]

Mon, 25 April 2011 10:08

Eclipse User

We are taking the following approach to set visibility of the toolbar item when we have two instances of a view different toolbar items in each view:

1. In the partVisible event, we are updating the toolbar
2. Accessing IToolbarManager using getToolbarmanager() API.
3. Getting Confgiuration element from the menu contribution using extension registry.
4. Reading VisibleWhen attribute of configuration element and evaluating it using evaluation services
5. Accessing Contribution Item of the toolbar and setting the visibility evaluated at step 4.

Is that a correct way to set visibility of toolbar contribution item?

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