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How to modify contents of the Outline view for a CSS file? [message #517561]

Mon, 01 March 2010 10:25

ashitha shetty

Messages: 17
Registered: March 2010

Junior Member

Hi,

Is it possible to modify the contents of a CSS file shown in the Outline view? For instance,the outline view only displays the names of CSS proprties.Suppose I also want to display the value for those CSS properties in a name:value format.

Currently, internal CSS node adapters from WST are used to retrieve the content and labels for the nodes. Is there a way for me to plug in my adapter and perform custom logic?

Also since the CSS model(ICSSModel,ICSSNode,ICSSValue ...) is marked as internal,is it safe to use these entities?

Regards,
Ashitha.

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Re: How to modify contents of the Outline view for a CSS file? [message #519754 is a reply to message #517561]

Tue, 09 March 2010 20:46

Nitin Dahyabhai

Messages: 4435
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

ashitha wrote:
> Is it possible to modify the contents of a CSS file shown in the Outline
> view? For instance,the outline view only displays the names of CSS
> proprties.Suppose I also want to display the value for those CSS
> properties in a name:value format.
>
> Currently, internal CSS node adapters from WST are used to retrieve the
> content and labels for the nodes. Is there a way for me to plug in my
> adapter and perform custom logic?

No, but a high quality patch implementing the behavior you want
would be well received. The behavior of the outline can be
augmented through the use of custom editors and content types, but
for an existing editor and content type, you're restricted to
whatever flexibility is provided right there. And right now, that's
not much.

> Also since the CSS model(ICSSModel,ICSSNode,ICSSValue ...) is marked as
> internal,is it safe to use these entities?

Generally, no, not outside of the CSS plug-ins themselves, and
definitely not outside of the Source Editing project.

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Nitin Dahyabhai
Eclipse WTP Source Editing
IBM Rational

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Re: How to modify contents of the Outline view for a CSS file? [message #531305 is a reply to message #519754]

Tue, 04 May 2010 13:51

ashitha shetty

Messages: 17
Registered: March 2010

Junior Member

Hi Nitin,

Actually,it is not the Outline view that I want to enhance.
It is my custom view which looks pretty much like the Outline view (with additional fields and behaviour).

To just display the CSS nodes in this view, I can simply re-use the JFaceNodeContent & Label providers used by the standard Outline view. But since I need additional content and behavior here, I have to override the implementation within the CSS node adapters.

As all this logic resides deep within the internals of the CSS/editing plugins, I am not sure how to proceed without using any of the internal code.

Also,are there any future plans of:
1) Exposing these internal APIs (or)
2) Opening it up for extension?

Best Regards,
Ashitha.

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Re: How to modify contents of the Outline view for a CSS file? [message #531340 is a reply to message #531305]

Tue, 04 May 2010 14:58

Nick Sandonato

Messages: 126
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

Hi Ashitha,

At the moment, we don't have plans to expose any of the internals as API; however, with an enhancement request outlining what in particular you wish to be added and the use cases you're trying to address, we can work towards exposing API or providing extension points.

You can drive the enhancement request from https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/enter_bug.cgi?product=WTP%20So urce%20Editing selecting the wst.css component.

Thanks,
Nick

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