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Adding a menu entry to the UML Editor Menu [message #477088]

Thu, 13 March 2008 01:51

Felix Dorner

Messages: 676
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

Hey,

When I open an uml file with the UML tree editor, the main menu bar is
populated with a menu "UML Editor". For a few hours now (yeah I bite..)
I try to extend that menu from inside my plugin. I try to do so via the
org.eclipse.ui.menu extension point like this:

<menuContribution
locationURI=" menu:org.eclipse.uml2.umlMenuID?after=org.eclipse.uml2.uml.e ditor.ElementMenuID ">
<menu
label="hahhahaha">
<command
commandId="allure.commands.generate"
label="huhuhu"
style="push">
</command>
</menu>
</menuContribution>

I also tried ..?after=additions, but that didn't work either. Is this
even possible?

Felix

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Re: Adding a menu entry to the UML Editor Menu [message #477093 is a reply to message #477088]

Thu, 13 March 2008 14:13

james bruck

Messages: 1724
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

Hi Felix,

Have a look at the source code in org.eclipse.uml2.examples.uml.ui.
Inspect the plugin.xml.

You will see some menu items being contributed like the following ...
<action
label="%_UI_EcoreModelAction_label"

class=" org.eclipse.uml2.examples.uml.ui.actions.ConvertToEcoreModel Action "

menubarPath=" org.eclipse.uml2.umlMenuID/org.eclipse.uml2.examples.uml.ui. ConvertToMenuID/additions "

enablesFor="1"

id=" org.eclipse.uml2.examples.uml.ui.ConvertToEcoreModelActionID ">

<enablement>

<objectClass

name="org.eclipse.uml2.uml.Package">

</objectClass>

</enablement>

</action>

That xml file should indicate how to add to the menus.
I've attached it to this response.

Good luck ... and don't feel bad... I also have issues with menus :)

Cheers,
- James.

"Felix Dorner" <felix_do@web.de> wrote in message
news:fra1ai$not$1@build.eclipse.org...
> Hey,
>
> When I open an uml file with the UML tree editor, the main menu bar is
> populated with a menu "UML Editor". For a few hours now (yeah I bite..)
> I try to extend that menu from inside my plugin. I try to do so via the
> org.eclipse.ui.menu extension point like this:
>
> <menuContribution
> locationURI=" menu:org.eclipse.uml2.umlMenuID?after=org.eclipse.uml2.uml.e ditor.ElementMenuID ">
> <menu
> label="hahhahaha">
> <command
> commandId="allure.commands.generate"
> label="huhuhu"
> style="push">
> </command>
> </menu>
> </menuContribution>
>
>
> I also tried ..?after=additions, but that didn't work either. Is this
> even possible?
>
>
> Felix

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Re: Adding a menu entry to the UML Editor Menu [message #477094 is a reply to message #477093]

Thu, 13 March 2008 15:23

Felix Dorner

Messages: 676
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

James, thanks a lot. I had the examples plugin in my workspace all the
time... I am just confused about all those extension points, but I guess
its normal in the beginning...

Felix

James Bruck wrote:
> Hi Felix,
>
> Have a look at the source code in org.eclipse.uml2.examples.uml.ui.
> Inspect the plugin.xml.
>

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