Description Paul Webster 2011-10-25 10:19:21 EDT

The changes that were released so far must be merged into 4.2

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #270007 +++

Build ID: M20090211-1700

Steps To Reproduce:
Create an empty Eclipse RCP application and contribute some standard commands from org.eclipse.ui to the menu:

   <extension
         point="org.eclipse.ui.menus">
      <menuContribution
            locationURI="menu:org.eclipse.ui.main.menu">
         <menu
               id="de.rcpbuch.someapp.file"
               label="File">
            <command
                  commandId="org.eclipse.ui.file.save"
                  style="push">
            </command>
         </menu>
         <menu
               id="help"
               label="Hilfe">
            <command
                  commandId="org.eclipse.ui.help.aboutAction"
                  style="push">
            </command>
            <command
                  commandId="org.eclipse.ui.help.dynamicHelp"
                  style="push">
            </command>
         </menu>
      </menuContribution>
   </extension>

These commands will not be enabled till you register the related actions in the ActionBarAdvisor:

public class ApplicationActionBarAdvisor extends ActionBarAdvisor {

	protected void makeActions(IWorkbenchWindow window) {
		register(ActionFactory.SAVE.create(window));
		register(ActionFactory.HELP_CONTENTS.create(window));
		register(ActionFactory.DYNAMIC_HELP.create(window));
	}
}


More information:
Ideally this should just work so you can get rid of the ActionBarAdvisor.
If this is not possible you should get at least a warning about this when you use these commands.
If this is not possible this should at least be documented properly.

I did a search for actionbaradvisor AND command AND register in the documentation and bug database before filing this bug.