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Adding a new context menu (not items to an existing) [message #431847]

Tue, 24 May 2005 19:45

Nathan Sweet

Messages: 24
Registered: July 2009

Junior Member

This is a simple question, but I haven't found anything at all about it. I know
how to add items to existing RCP menus, but how should I create my own context
menus in my 3.1 RCP app? These menus will be used for my controls.

For example, I have a TableViewer. Should I go down to SWT and use
viewer.getTable().setMenu(...)? Is there a JFace way to do it? Is there an RCP
way to do it, maybe that will all me to use extensions to add extra items? I
would like to choose the most powerful approach and do it right from the
beginning.

Thanks!

-Nate

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Re: Adding a new context menu (not items to an existing) [message #463862 is a reply to message #431847]

Sat, 17 February 2007 20:48

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: gunislj.yahoo.com

I have the same question, please :(
Anybody knows?. I have example that hooks context menu trough the code (
hookContextMenu() ), which is bad. I want to create complete context menu
(and actions trough plugin.xml) and not trough code. HOW?
Thanks in advance, Lazar

"Nathan Sweet" <misc@n4te.com> wrote in message
news:d700e1$n1v$1@news.eclipse.org...
> This is a simple question, but I haven't found anything at all about it. I
> know
> how to add items to existing RCP menus, but how should I create my own
> context
> menus in my 3.1 RCP app? These menus will be used for my controls.
>
> For example, I have a TableViewer. Should I go down to SWT and use
> viewer.getTable().setMenu(...)? Is there a JFace way to do it? Is there an
> RCP
> way to do it, maybe that will all me to use extensions to add extra items?
> I
> would like to choose the most powerful approach and do it right from the
> beginning.
>
> Thanks!
>
> -Nate
>
>

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Re: Adding a new context menu (not items to an existing) [message #463883 is a reply to message #463862]

Mon, 19 February 2007 16:15

Paul Webster

Messages: 6859
Registered: July 2009
Location: Ottawa

Senior Member

You must always create the context menu through code at least once.
Then if you only want to add actions to it, you just add your actions
while your createPartControl(*) is called.

Then, if you want to allow plugin.xml contributions to it, you call
getSite().registerContextMenu(*) with appropriate parameters. You can
do all of your actions through plugin.xml, but you still have to
instantiate the MenuManager, attach it to the control, and call
registerContextMenu(*).

Later,
PW

Paul Webster
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Platform_Command_Framework
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Command_Core_Expressions
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Menu_Contributions

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