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actionSetPartAssociations wont work to hide action set [message #441491]

Tue, 03 January 2006 18:25

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: michael.lipton.gmail.com

Hello,
I have done extensive research on the use of actionSets and actionSetPartAssociations and think that I am using the extension points properly, but it doesn't seem to be working.
I would like my "print" and "send to personal window" options only to be visible when the CreateNewContactView or SearchContactViews are active.
Does anyone see anything wrong with this?
is there anything i'm missing?
anything else that could be wrong???

thanks in advance for your help.
mike

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Here is a clip from my plugin.xml

<extension
         point="org.eclipse.ui.actionSets">
      <actionSet
            description="actions associated with contact entries"
            id="contactEntryActionSet"
            label="contact entry action set"
            visible="true">
         <action
               class="PrintAction"
               id="contactEntry.print"
               label="Print"
               menubarPath="file/additions"
               style="push"
               />
         <action
               class="AddToPersonalWindowAction"
               id="contactEntry.sendToPW"
               label="Send to Personal Window"
               menubarPath="file/additions"
               style="push"/>
      </actionSet>
</extension>
   <extension
         point="org.eclipse.ui.actionSetPartAssociations">
      <actionSetPartAssociation targetID="contactEntryActionSet">
         <part id="CreateNewContactView"/>
         <part id="SearchView"/>
      </actionSetPartAssociation>
   </extension>

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Re: actionSetPartAssociations wont work to hide action set [message #441499 is a reply to message #441491]

Tue, 03 January 2006 19:21

Paul Webster

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Registered: July 2009
Location: Ottawa

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Michael Lipton wrote:
> Hello,
> I have done extensive research on the use of actionSets and actionSetPartAssociations and think that I am using the extension points properly, but it doesn't seem to be working.
> I would like my "print" and "send to personal window" options only to be visible when the CreateNewContactView or SearchContactViews are active.
> Does anyone see anything wrong with this?

In your <actionSet/> you set visible="true" ... that means always
visible. Other than that it seems OK.

Later,
PW

Paul Webster
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Platform_Command_Framework
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Command_Core_Expressions
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Menu_Contributions

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Re: actionSetPartAssociations wont work to hide action set [message #441500 is a reply to message #441499]

Tue, 03 January 2006 19:41

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: michael.lipton.gmail.com

> In your <actionSet/> you set visible="true" ... that
> means always
> visible. Other than that it seems OK.
>
> Later,
> PW

thanks for the response.
When I set visible=true, both menu options are always there.
When I omit a value for visible, both options are still always there.
When I set visible=false, neither menu option is ever there.

Which is ideal? omitting it altogether?
why are they still always visible?

thanks

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Re: actionSetPartAssociations wont work to hide action set [message #441501 is a reply to message #441500]

Tue, 03 January 2006 20:23

Paul Webster

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Michael Lipton wrote:
> thanks for the response.
> When I set visible=true, both menu options are always there.
> When I omit a value for visible, both options are still always there.
> When I set visible=false, neither menu option is ever there.
>
> Which is ideal? omitting it altogether?
> why are they still always visible?
>

There's an example close to the end of the plugin.xml in
org.eclipse.ui.tests, at least that's where the actionSetPartAssociation
is defined.

It looked just like yours. An extension with an id, a targetID in the
sub element, and a part with an id.

The only difference I could see was the action set in the targetID had
visible="false".

Maybe the missing id for your extension matters. Check out the
definitions in org.eclipse.ui.tests/plugin.xml

Later,
PW

Paul Webster
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http://wiki.eclipse.org/Command_Core_Expressions
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Re: actionSetPartAssociations wont work to hide action set [message #441504 is a reply to message #441501]

Tue, 03 January 2006 21:32

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: michael.lipton.gmail.com

> There's an example close to the end of the plugin.xml
> in
> org.eclipse.ui.tests, at least that's where the
> actionSetPartAssociation
> is defined.
>
> It looked just like yours. An extension with an id,
> a targetID in the
> sub element, and a part with an id.
>
> The only difference I could see was the action set in
> the targetID had
> visible="false".
>
> Maybe the missing id for your extension matters.
> Check out the
> efinitions in org.eclipse.ui.tests/plugin.xml
>
> Later,
> PW

well, this is strange... setting visible false does the trick now... not sure why it didnt work before, i must have messed something up
thanks a lot for your help.

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Re: actionSetPartAssociations wont work to hide action set [message #461998 is a reply to message #441499]

Sat, 20 January 2007 22:03

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: akbdas.gmail.com

hi,

I have a problem with actionSets in RCP for enabling/disabling menu items and toolbars items.
In my current application, after a user login bases some parameters i need to disable/enable menu & toolbar items.
Menu & toolbar items created using action sets.

I hope u will in a position solve me problem

Thanks in advance
Das

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Re: actionSetPartAssociations wont work to hide action set [message #462022 is a reply to message #461998]

Sun, 21 January 2007 16:05

Paul Webster

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for flat out enabling/disabling of actionSets programmatically, you can
use IWorkbenchPage#showActionSet(*) and IWorkbenchPage#hideActionSet(*).

Make your action sets visible=false by default ... then they will only
show up if you enable them specifically.

Later,
PW

Paul Webster
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Platform_Command_Framework
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Command_Core_Expressions
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Re: actionSetPartAssociations wont work to hide action set [message #462116 is a reply to message #461998]

Tue, 23 January 2007 10:05

Ali Alauoubiy

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Registered: July 2009

Junior Member

In Your action class there is method called SelectionChanged (IAction action, ISelection incoming) which you need to override..

example:
public void selectionChanged(IAction action, ISelection incoming) {

action. setId(ID);

if (incoming instanceof IStructuredSelection) {
action.setEnabled(false);

selection = (IStructuredSelection) incoming;

action.setEnabled(selection.size() == 1
&& selection.getFirstElement() instanceof Book);
} else {
// Other selections, for example containing text or of other kinds.
action.setEnabled(false);
}
}

hope that helps...

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Re: actionSetPartAssociations wont work to hide action set [message #462117 is a reply to message #462116]

Tue, 23 January 2007 10:35

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: akbdas.gmail.com

Hi,
I have small query, is selectionChanged will be call be called when action is selected.
but i want to disable at the time of initialization / any other time. but on its action.

more specfically, when successful login i need to disable few items based on who (userid) logs-in.

Thanks in advance.

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Re: actionSetPartAssociations wont work to hide action set [message #462119 is a reply to message #462022]

Tue, 23 January 2007 10:39

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: akbdas.gmail.com

Hi,
I have tried but its not working....
But when i tried for to hide entire action set its working but not for indiviual menu items.

If its possible to hide indivuals menu items, will pls. send a the sample / portion of code and plugin.xml

thanks

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