Re: [udig-devel] RFC adding an extension point

[Panagiotis Skintzos <p@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi, I don't think any extension point is really required as the Eclipse UI framework can be used to accomplish what you need. 

As the map editor is a standard Eclipse editor part, it will be placed wherever the "Editor area" is defined in the perspective.

And ANY perspective which has the "Editor area" visible, it will display the map (and any other editor). 

You can use the IPageLayout.setEditorAreaVisible method to hide the editor area in some perspective if you wish.

If you use the map in a view, the view can be defined to be in a certain area of the perspective.

So, in your custom perspective class, override "createInitialLayout" method, to define placement or placeholders for your views relative to the editor area.

Use the createFolder, addView and addPlaceholder methods of the IPageLayout interface.

In that way you can customize any perspective to have the desired layout. Nothing else is required from uDig side I think.

 -Pana

On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 9:36 AM, Moser-Spitzenstaetter Ludwig <L.Spitzenstaetter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hello,

 

I’m waiting for any updates on this topic for about two weeks,

any chance to get this rfc done?

 

Afaik its all about defining an extension point and/or enabling something/code that was already possible/available some time back.

Am i wrong?

 

If i had only a little idea how to do it, i’d do it, but as i have no idea, i cant do it… ;-)

 

Thanks in Advance

Ludwig

 

Von: udig-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:udig-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Im Auftrag von Jody Garnett
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 05. Juni 2013 05:52
An: User-friendly Desktop Internet GIS
Betreff: Re: [udig-devel] RFC adding an extension point

 

No news, or interest, from the developer list. Are you in position to create the change request and start working on a patch?

 

Hello,

 

Any news/changes about my feature request?

 

Thanks in Advance

Ludwig

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Von: udig-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:udig-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Im Auftrag von Moser-Spitzenstaetter Ludwig
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 24. April 2013 12:45
An: udig-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Betreff: [udig-devel] RFC adding an extension point

 

Motivation

Using the current code ApplicationGIS.openMap allows yout to open a map, but pops up the MapEditor in the Perspective you are in. It is not possible now to tell where to open the View (actually ist an Editor). Though a Custom Perspective is available using the Editor (which is fine and uses the Editor when the ApplicationGIS.openMap was already called, with the loaded Project).

 

I took some screenshots to show what i tried to explain.

1)    The uDig Perspective

2)    Another perspective with a button to load a uDig Project (GIS test button, middle left)

3)    After clicking the button, the map opens

4)    Switching now tot he uDig Perspective:

So opening the map works fine, but it would be helpful to define where the view for the map is displayed (and it can be added to other perspectives too, when if it is accessable as a view)

Inspiration

My inspiration came from an existing plugin i wrote (using google maps – but this is not comparable to a real GIS application like uDig. But here is a screenshot how it could look like:

 

Proposal

·         I had contact with Jody about this and he wrote

„Adding an extension point for ApplicationGIS.openMap would give you code to open a view or editor and add it to an custom Perspective“

·          

Status

Project Steering committee support:

Committer Support:

 

Requested by: Ludwig Spitzenstätter – Tiroler Landesmuseen – Europe/Austria

PS: this is my first RFC ever – please be lenient towards me. Thanks!

 

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