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Re: [cdt-dev] RE: Disabling Menuitems at IDE startup
Hi Malu,
The action framework enables actions by default until the plugin that contributed the action is loaded.  Additionally, retargetable actions, such as the breakpoint toggle actions also have an internal mechanism to assume that the action target is enabled until that plugin is loaded.  This is a compromise that was done to avoid loading unnecessary plugins at start up. 

If you have your own custom actions and you would like more control over their initial enablement, you should look at using the newer command framework (org.eclipse.ui.menus extension point) instead of actions.

Cheers,
Pawel

Mehregani, Navid wrote:

Malu,

 

You shouldn’t do this in ‘createInitialLaout()’.  This function is only called once when the perspective is initialized (e.g. when it’s first opened or when user resets the perspective).  Why don’t you just set the enablement of your action in the constructor of your Action class?  i.e. setEnabled(false).  This will ensure that your action will be disabled when it’s first created.  You can then enable it whenever it’s appropriate.  If the enablement of your actions depends on the debug context, listen in on IDebugContextListener to enable/disable them.

 

Navid

 

From: cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Malu Sasi
Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 11:24 PM
To: CDT General developers list.
Subject: [cdt-dev] Disabling Menuitems at IDE startup

 

Dear All,

 

            I need to show some custom action items in Run menu of eclipse IDE as disabled initially i.e; at the start up of work bench - like default action items in Run menu - Toggle Breakpoint, Toggle Line Breakpoint, Debug actions like Run, Debug,Resume etc.

 

            We have a custom perspective derived from the extension point org.eclipse.ui.perspectives. I tried to disable the required action items in createInitialLayout() function. When we run the code for the first time the control is passing through this function and the required result is obtained. But next time it’s is not entering this function. But again if we delete the runtime of previous session and run the code it works fine.

 

            Also I tried by setting the “enablesFor ” attribute of action in org.elipse.ui.actionSets as 1. But the result was unpredictable. Even though it gets disabled initially, if any item in views like breakpoint, _expression_, RSE etc is selected it gets enabled. So I can’t trust this.

 

            Can any one please suggest a method to disable the menu items initially?

 

Thanks in advance

Malu

 

 

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