Description Kai-Uwe Maetzel 2001-10-10 23:10:03 EDT

An EC issue:

I am having a problem with adding an editor action to the Ruler popup menu.

Once my action is called I want call
  textEditor.getVerticalRuler().getLineOfLastMouseButtonActivity(); 

but getVerticalRuler() is a protected method of AbstractTextEditor.

Is there some other way to get the line in the ruler area that the popup
originated from?

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> Is this for an editor of your own devising, or for an arbitrary editor?

The action is being added to an arbitrary editor.  (Any editor that
supports the targetID=\"#TextRulerContext\")


> A better solution would be to pass the ruler to the actions which need it.
> AbstractTextEditor, and certain subclasses like the Java editor do this.
> They pass the ruler to the relevant actions when creating them.

The action is an extension of org.eclipse.ui.popupMenus.  I add the action
to the Ruler popup menu. I don\'t think I have any way of changing how my
action is called. 

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