Re: [udig-devel] Adding a ModalTool to the action bar

[Jesse Eichar <jeichar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

They are hidden hehe.

Most of them are in the project ui plugin.xml  but 3 are in the 
tool.edit plugin.xml

Jesse

Mark Presling wrote:
> You're a legend Jessie. I can't believe how quick you are to respond. 
> Thanks heaps, that certainly was the problem. I didn't realise that 
> you had to do that. Where are the others defined? I haven't seen them 
> anywhere yet?
>
> Thanks heaps,
> Mark
>
> Jesse Eichar wrote:
>
> > Are you defining a new category extension as well?  It is another 
> > element in the same extension point.
> >
> > Jesse
> >
> > Mark Presling wrote:
> >
> > > Hi guys,
> > >
> > > I am trying to add a new ModalTool to the action bar in my app and 
> > > am coming across some problems around categories. If I specify one 
> > > of the existing categories, such as 
> > > net.refractions.udig.tool.category.zoom my tool appears in the zoom 
> > > dropdown on the tool bar. If I specify my own category (such as 
> > > net.refractions.udig.tool.category.test) it doesn't appear.
> > >
> > > I've debugged the point in ToolManager where it's looping through 
> > > the extensions (net.refractions.udig.project.ui.tool) and setting up 
> > > the categories, but it never comes across my new category.
> > >
> > > Here's the tool definition in my plugin.xml.
> > >
> > >   <extension
> > >         point="net.refractions.udig.project.ui.tool">
> > >            <modalTool
> > >                  categoryId="net.refractions.udig.tool.category.new"
> > >                  class="nz.govt.transit.callcenter.tool.PointEventTool"
> > >                  icon="icons/calander_Icon.gif"
> > >                  id="nz.govt.transit.callcenter.tool.PointEventTool"
> > >                  name="name"
> > >                  onToolbar="true"
> > >                  tooltip="tooltip">
> > >               <cursor
> > >            hotspotY="10"
> > >            hotspotX="10"
> > >            image="icons/calander_Icon.gif"
> > >            id="crosshair"/>
> > >         </modalTool>
> > >   </extension>
> > >
> > >
> > > Apart from the fact that I am using a calendar icon, what is wrong 
> > > with this? Why can't I define my own category? I can confirm that 
> > > when I set the categoryId to net.refractions.udig.tool.category.zoom 
> > > it appears under that dropdown. Do I need to define a category 
> > > somewhere else?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Mark
> > >
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