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MenuContribution not working [message #1736349]

Tue, 28 June 2016 17:16

Robert Onslow

Messages: 27
Registered: March 2016

Junior Member

My MenuContribution defined in a fragment is not showing, so I tried a dummy MenuContribution in the main Application.e4xmi as attached

This didn't work either

I have checked the Parent-ID and can't see where the problem lies. Can anyone see where the problem is?

Thanks

Thanks

Robert

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Re: MenuContribution not working [message #1736361 is a reply to message #1736349]

Tue, 28 June 2016 20:10

Thomas Schindl

Messages: 6651
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

MenuContribution is a concept for the Compat-Layer and should have never
leaked to e4.

There are many replacements in e4 on JavaFX. So if you describe your
usecase we might be able to help.

Tom

On 28.06.16 19:16, Robert Onslow wrote:
> My MenuContribution defined in a fragment is not showing, so I tried a dummy MenuContribution in the main Application.e4xmi as attached
>
> This didn't work either
>
> I have checked the Parent-ID and can't see where the problem lies. Can anyone see where the problem is?
>
> Thanks
>
> Thanks
>
> Robert
>

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Re: MenuContribution not working [message #1736362 is a reply to message #1736361]

Tue, 28 June 2016 20:20

Robert Onslow

Messages: 27
Registered: March 2016

Junior Member

Tom

Thank you so much for your response.

I need to add a Direct Menu Item specified in a model fragment in another bundle to a menu specified in Application.e4xmi

Robert

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Re: MenuContribution not working [message #1736406 is a reply to message #1736362]

Wed, 29 June 2016 09:49

Christoph Keimel

Messages: 482
Registered: December 2010
Location: Germany

Senior Member

Hi Robert,

you don't need a MenuContribution to do this. You can add the DirectMenuItem directly to your menu in the fragment:

1) Add a Model Fragment
2) Enter the ID of your menu in "Extended Element ID" (or use "Find" and search for the Menu element you want to extend)
3) Enter "children" in the Feature Name
4) Add a DirectMenuItem to the list

Your fragment will look something like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ASCII"?>
<fragment:ModelFragments xmi:version="2.0" xmlns:xmi="http://www.omg.org/XMI" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:fragment="http://www.eclipse.org/ui/2010/UIModel/fragment" xmlns:menu="http://www.eclipse.org/ui/2010/UIModel/application/ui/menu" xmi:id="_blYVoKyIEeCKFuMJDXQFqw">
  <fragments xsi:type="fragment:StringModelFragment" xmi:id="_Yi6YEHl5EeGH0NZcAx6uwg" featurename="children" parentElementId="my.menu.id" positionInList="">
    <elements xsi:type="menu:DirectMenuItem" xmi:id="_LteIkD3eEeawmcVIUMHCiA" elementId="my.extended.menuitem.0"/>
  </fragments>
</fragment:ModelFragments>

Cheers,
Christoph

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