Re: [platform-ui-dev] dynamic content in pop-up menus for objectContribu

[Nick Edgar <Nick_Edgar@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Chris,

ObjectContributions do not currently support dynamic items, nor do 
viewActions or editorActions.  And action sets only apply to the main 
menus and toolbars (independent of selection).
The Open With submenu in our views is added in code, not via extensio  (If 
you're interested, see o.e.ui.actions.OpenWithMenu and 
o.e.ui.views.navigator.OpenActionGroup.fillOpenWithMenu).
It would be feasible to add the "dropdown" style similar to what's in 
action sets.  The corresponding interface is 
IWorkbenchWindowPulldownDelegate2.  Darin (either S or W) knows all about 
this one.

Nick





Chris Tilt <chris@xxxxxxxxx> 
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My apologies for posting to the dev list, but we've spent considerable 
time looking for the answer.

Is it possible to contribute dynamic content (as in late-binding actions 
and labels) to a cascaded pop-up menu in an objectContribution? I've 
read through the plugin schemas and it seems that objectContributions in 
the context of a pop-up menu extension have a limited set of attributes 
that do not support dynamic actions.

I also tried attaching an actionSet (within actionSet extension) to a 
menu defined within a pop-up extension. But of course, you know that 
didn't work.

The OpenWith class is used often for dynamic menu content, but only in 
viewContribution(s), as far as I see.

The debug team is working on creating Run/Debug in a context menu, which 
will be most useful as an objectContribution. I would greatly appreciate 
any hints.

Cheers, Chris

P.S. Pasted below is non-working attempt that shows the desired feature.

Chris Tilt
IBM/US/Beaverton
Eclipse Debug Team

<!-- ========================================= -->
<!-- Contextual Launch Menu (Work in Progress) -->
<!-- ========================================= -->
    <extension
          point="org.eclipse.ui.popupMenus"> <!-- this is what we are 
extending -->
       <objectContribution
             objectClass="org.eclipse.core.resources.IResource"
             id="org.eclipse.debug.ui.contextualLaunch">
                                 <menu
 label="%LaunchMenu.label"
 path="additions"
 id="contextualLaunch.popupMenu"> <!-- others may reference this 
launch pop-up -->
                                                 <separator
 name="launchGroup">
                                                 </separator>
                                 </menu>
                   </objectContribution>
                 </extension>
                 <!-- Add Run and Debug Menu Group points to the 
Contextual Launch 
pop-up -->
                 <extension
          point="org.eclipse.ui.popupMenus">
       <objectContribution
             objectClass="org.eclipse.core.resources.IResource"
             id="org.eclipse.debug.ui.contextualLaunch.run_debug">
          <menu
                label="%LaunchActionsMenu.label"
                path="contextualLaunch.popupMenu/launchGroup"
                id="org.eclipse.debug.ui.contextual.launch">
             <separator
                   name="runGroup">
             </separator>
             <separator
                   name="debugGroup">
             </separator>
          </menu>
        </objectContribution>
                 </extension>
                 <!-- Add specific Run and Debug Actions to the Contextual 
Launch pop-up -->
                 <extension
          point="org.eclipse.ui.actionSets">
       <actionSet
             label="%LaunchActions.label"
             visible="true"
             id="org.eclipse.debug.ui.ContextualLaunchActions">
          <action
 
definitionId="org.eclipse.debug.internal.ui.actions.RunHistoryMenuAction"
                label="%RunAsMenu.label"
                style="pulldown"
 
class="org.eclipse.debug.internal.ui.actions.ContextualRunAs"
 
menubarPath="org.eclipse.debug.ui.contextual.launch/runGroup"
 id="org.eclipse.debug.internal.ui.actions.ContextualRunAs">
          </action>
          <action
 
definitionId="org.eclipse.debug.internal.ui.actions.DebugHistoryMenuAction"
                label="%DebugAsMenu.label"
                style="pulldown"
 
class="org.eclipse.debug.internal.ui.actions.ContextualDebugAs"
 
menubarPath="org.eclipse.debug.ui.contextual.launch/debugGroup"
 
id="org.eclipse.debug.internal.ui.actions.ContextualDebugAs">
          </action>
       </actionSet>
     </extension>
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