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Dynamically create eclipse main menu item or global toolbar item [message #771659]

Tue, 27 December 2011 16:21

Eclipse User

Appreciate if I can get some helps on the following issue:

I need to create menu items on eclipse main menu bar and toolbar items on eclipse global toolbar when a viewPart instance is created and to remove those menu items when the viewPart instance is disposed.

I tried the following eclipse APIs but could not make them to work:
org.eclipse.ui.menus.IMenuService
org.eclipse.ui.menus.AbstractContributionFactory
org.eclipse.jface.action.ToolBarContributionItem
org.eclipse.jface.action.MenuManager
org.eclipse.jface.action.ToolBarManager

The first issue I am facing is how to define the location where my menu item or toolbar item will be contributed.

Re: Dynamically create eclipse main menu item or global toolbar item [message #774723 is a reply to message #771659]

Wed, 04 January 2012 08:31

Eclipse User

Use the org.eclipse.ui.menus extension point to add your commands to the main toolbar or main menu. Use a visibleWhen clause to make them visible when your view is active, or a visibleWhen + a property tester to have them visible when your view is open.

See:

http://wiki.eclipse.org/Platform_Command_Framework
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Command_Core_Expressions
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Platform_Expression_Framework
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Menu_Contributions
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Menus_Extension_Mapping
http://help.eclipse.org/helios/index.jsp?topic=/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/guide/workbench.htm

PW

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