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Common Navigator Framework linking with editor and adding popup menu [message #543761]

Wed, 30 June 2010 13:12

Julien

Messages: 15
Registered: July 2009

Junior Member

Hi all,

I have two issues about the Common Navigator Framework (CNF) of RCP.
I have to implement the CNF on my project without the Common Navigator
Explorer. In other words, I have to implement the CNF only with a
CommonViewer Object on my "ViewPart" explorer view.
In this situation, I try to implement the linkHelper without any success...
In the same way, I try to implement some popup menu without any success
too...

============================================================ ================================
ABOUT LINK HELPER
Here my code (id of my commonViewer:
"prototype.view.explorerView.navigator" ):
<extension point="org.eclipse.ui.navigator.viewer">
<viewerContentBinding viewerId="prototype.view.explorerView.navigator">
<includes>
<contentExtension
isRoot="true"
pattern="prototype.navigatorContent.MyContent">
</contentExtension>
<contentExtension
isRoot="true"
pattern="prototype.view.explorerView.LinkHelper">
</contentExtension>
</includes>
</viewerContentBinding>
</extension>

<extension point="org.eclipse.ui.navigator.linkHelper">
<linkHelper
class="prototype.helpers.MyLinkHelper"
id="prototype.view.explorerView.LinkHelper">
<editorInputEnablement>
<instanceof value="org.eclipse.ui.IFileEditorInput"></instanceof>
</editorInputEnablement>
<selectionEnablement>
<instanceof value="org.eclipse.core.resources.IFile"></instanceof>
</selectionEnablement>
</linkHelper>
</extension>

---

//Viewer creation:
viewer = new CommonViewer("prototype.view.explorerView.navigator",
composite, SWT.MULTI | SWT.H_SCROLL | SWT.V_SCROLL | SWT.BORDER);
viewer.setInput(...)

---

//Opening of editor:
IWorkbenchPage page =
PlatformUI.getWorkbench().getActiveWorkbenchWindow().getActi vePage();
IFile fileToOpen = (IFile)
Platform.getAdapterManager().getAdapter(myObject, IFile.class);
try {
IDE.openEditor(page, fileToOpen);
} catch (PartInitException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}

===

Nothing happens about the link between editors and explorer, program
never use the class prototype.helpers.MyLinkHelper.
I think I must force the enablement of linkHelper on my explorer (as the
function "setLinkingEnabled" on CommonNavigator) directly on the
CommonViewer but I don't know how I can do this and if it's possible...

============================================================ ================================
ABOUT POPUP MENUS
Here my code (id of my commonViewer:
"prototype.view.explorerView.navigator"; id of my explorer:
"prototype.view.explorerView" ):
<extension point="org.eclipse.ui.navigator.viewer">
<viewer viewerId="prototype.view.explorerView.navigator">
<popupMenu id="prototype.view.explorerView.navigator.popup">
<insertionPoint
name="group.new"
separator="false">
</insertionPoint>
<insertionPoint
name="group.open"
separator="false">
</insertionPoint>
<insertionPoint
name="group.edit"
separator="true">
</insertionPoint>
</popupMenu>
</viewer>
</extension>

<extension point="org.eclipse.ui.menus">
<menuContribution
locationURI="popup:prototype.view.explorerView?after=group.edit ">
<command
commandId="org.eclipse.ui.edit.delete"
id="cnf.popupmenu.delete"
label="Delete"
mnemonic="D"
style="push">
</command>
<command
commandId="org.eclipse.ui.edit.rename"
id="cnf.popupmenu.rename"
label="Rename"
mnemonic="R"
style="push">
</command>
</menuContribution>
</extension>

Have you some ideas ?

Thanks for the help.
Best regards,

Julien

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Re: Common Navigator Framework linking with editor and adding popup menu [message #543813 is a reply to message #543761]

Wed, 30 June 2010 16:15

Francis Upton IV

Messages: 472
Registered: July 2009
Location: Oakland, CA

Senior Member

Have a look at the documentation in the Eclipse help under the platform plugin developer's guide.

One thing I see that's wrong is that you are creating a CommonViewer object. This will be created automatically by the CommonNavigator.

You need a couple of other things as well:

1) The org.eclipse.ui.views extension point for the view:

<extension
point="org.eclipse.ui.views">
<view
category="org.eclipse.ui"
class="org.eclipse.ui.navigator.resources.ProjectExplorer"
icon="$nl$/icons/full/eview16/resource_persp.gif"
id="org.eclipse.ui.navigator.ProjectExplorer"
name="%Common_Resource_Navigator"/>
</extension>

2) The navigator content extensions to define the content for the CN.

I would look at the org.eclipse.ui.navigator.resources plugin.xml to see an example of how the CN is used.

Francis

Platform UI Committer for Common Navigator

http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/Common_Navigator_Framework
http://help.eclipse.org/galileo/topic/org.eclipse.platform.d oc.isv/guide/cnf.htm

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Re: Common Navigator Framework linking with editor and adding popup menu [message #543948 is a reply to message #543813]

Thu, 01 July 2010 07:36

Julien

Messages: 15
Registered: July 2009

Junior Member

First, thanks for your answer.
Ok I see, so if I want to have my own view based on CNF, I need to
extend the CommonNavigator to meet with my requirements instead of
defining my own view with a CommonViewer Object.
So commonViewer just allow to display content but linking with editor
for example don't work.
I have not seen this restriction in the user guide or in tutorials
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Common_Navigator_Framework

Can you please confirm my understanding of this issue?
Thanks again,

Julien

Le 30/06/2010 18:15, Francis Upton a écrit :
> Have a look at the documentation in the Eclipse help under the platform
> plugin developer's guide.
>
> One thing I see that's wrong is that you are creating a CommonViewer
> object. This will be created automatically by the CommonNavigator.
>
> You need a couple of other things as well:
>
> 1) The org.eclipse.ui.views extension point for the view:
>
>
> <extension
> point="org.eclipse.ui.views">
> <view
> category="org.eclipse.ui"
> class="org.eclipse.ui.navigator.resources.ProjectExplorer"
> icon="$nl$/icons/full/eview16/resource_persp.gif"
> id="org.eclipse.ui.navigator.ProjectExplorer"
> name="%Common_Resource_Navigator"/>
> </extension>
>
> 2) The navigator content extensions to define the content for the CN.
>
> I would look at the org.eclipse.ui.navigator.resources plugin.xml to see
> an example of how the CN is used.
>
> Francis

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Re: Common Navigator Framework linking with editor and adding popup menu [message #543991 is a reply to message #543948]

Thu, 01 July 2010 09:50

Christophe Fondacci

Messages: 95
Registered: July 2009
Location: Paris

Member

Hello,

To enable the "link with editor" feature you need to provide a "org.eclipse.ui.navigator.linkHelper" extension allowing you to define a ILinkHelper class which could translate a selection into a IEditorInput and the input back to a selection.

Don't forget to add the editor input enablement (expression checked when a editor is activated), and the selection enablement checked when selection changes).

Regards,
Christophe.
http://www.nextep-softwares.com

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