Comments on: Adding Eclipse IDE menu options to your RCP applications

By: Patrick

Patrick — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 15:49:14 +0000

Hi Ashok,

There is a new menu API for adding commands programmatically, though I would still suggest adding commands using the org.eclipse.ui.menus extension point if you can.

Programmatically, you’ll need to use an AbstractContributionFactory. Here’s a code snippet that shows how to use one.

By: Ashok

Ashok — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 03:24:57 +0000

HI,

How to add command handler to the menumanager because

Menumanager has add method which accept action has input it will not accept command handler…

IMenuService menuservice = (IMenuService)PlatformUI.getWorkbench().getActiveWorkbenchWi ndow().getService(IMenuService.class);
ICommandService commadnService = (ICommandService) PlatformUI.getWorkbench().getActiveWorkbenchWindow().getServ ice(ICommandService.class);
Command cmnd = commadnService.getCommand(“com.jobsleaf.comman.display”);
MenuManager menumgr = new MenuManager();

/// how can i add command to menu manager

menuservice.populateContributionManager(menumgr,”menu:com.ericsson.properties.view.view4 “);

Please help me i am half the way of the problem

more info

http://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php?t=msg&th=207827&start=0&S=bcb7e587d80fac913deba3389ec6e070
Thanks
Ashok

By: Simon Zambrovski

Simon Zambrovski — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 02:38:10 +0000

I described my pain here: http://www.techjava.de/topics/2009/04/rcp-help-system/

By: Simon Zambrovski

Simon Zambrovski — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 02:36:43 +0000

I spend about a week trying to find out how the dynamic help button works. It turned out that you have to call the register for it to work…

By: Patrick

Patrick — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 23:27:10 +0000

Looks like this is a more general issue with the standard menu options.

https://bugs.eclipse.org/270007

— Patrick

By: André Dietisheim

André Dietisheim — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 23:12:23 +0000

I experienced exactly the same, when it was up to the save command. I had to create it using the Action factory, too. I managed that a command based action showed up, but it was not linked to the dirty state of the editors. Digging into the Action’s code I saw that it’s not bridged the way the other actions are. I guess it’s the last resistant of the disapering species, the actions ;-)

By: Eric Jain

Eric Jain — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:47:39 +0000

Sure you can add the standard menu options in a declarative manner, but to get e.g. the save command to work, it appears that you still need to call register(ActionFactory.SAVE.create(window)) in your ActionBarAdvisor. Or did I overlook something as well?

By: Lars Vogel

Lars Vogel — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:15:06 +0000

Hi Patrick,

I actually made the same assumption as you did and I was corrected a few weeks ago in the newsgroup. ;-)

Cheers, Lars

By: Patrick

Patrick — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:12:37 +0000

Hi Lars,

Thanks for the correcting me on that. It appears that the images are being contributed by the org.eclipse.ui.commandImages extension point, which I wasn’t familiar with before. I guess the only thing missing at this point is the help context specifications.

— Patrick

By: Lars Vogel

Lars Vogel — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:02:23 +0000

If you use the commands without specifying labels, etc then also the standard labels, icons, etc. are used. I just tested with the commands Exit and Copy.

I assume the same applies fot the internationalization but I did not test this.

In general I believe actions should not be used any more.