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Build ID: I20080617-2000 Steps To Reproduce: The Instance View does not provide direct access to Instance Creation Wizards, which would improve the usability a lot. Most Eclipse (or other eclipse projects) views present some toolbar buttons and menu items, or even context menu items, that improve the usage of the particular view. My suggestion is that the Instance View shows at least the following items, all for accessing Instance creation Wizards directly: - A menu bar item - A toolbar item (according to Eclipse guidelines, most used menu functions can be placed on the toolbars as well) - A context menu item, which must not depend on an Instance being present on the view to be shown (currently the context menu is shown only when an Instance is selected) Also, I couldn't contribute to the Instance View menu by using the org.eclipse.ui.menus extension point, is there a reason for that? My guess is clients should be allowed to contribute with menu items themselves, shouldn't they? Thanks in advance, Julia More information:
Since there is a new view that replaces Instance View functionality (Instance Management view - bug # 244805), the enhancements proposed on this bug should actually be applied to the new view. Thanks, Julia
Created attachment 112080 [details] Proposed patch for the bug Attached is the patch for this bug. It was done on top of the new view (Instance Management View) instead of the original Instance View. I also took the liberty of changing a bit of the QEmu example plugins so that the usage could be exemplified as well. Regards, Julia
I wrote the code of all new classes that are contained in the archive. I have the right to contribute the code to Eclipse, and authorize to license it through EPL.
code revised and patch applied
integrated into version 0.1
CVS branch for 0.1 release: branch_dsdp_tml_official_0_1_0_R
