Bug 7311 - [Perspectives] EC: Specify placeholder via perspectiveExtension ext. point
Summary: [Perspectives] EC: Specify placeholder via perspectiveExtension ext. point
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: Platform
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: UI (show other bugs)
Version: 2.0   Edit
Hardware: All All
: P3 enhancement (vote)
Target Milestone: 2.1   Edit
Assignee: Platform-UI-Inbox CLA
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Reported: 2002-01-07 11:17 EST by Simon Arsenault CLA
Modified: 2004-11-15 12:14 EST (History)
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Description Simon Arsenault CLA 2002-01-07 11:17:00 EST 
The following request came in the eclipse corner newsgroup.

> > "Paul North" <thepaulnorth@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:9v82b8$t92$1@rogue.oti.com...
> > > Hi gang,
<<...snip...>>
> > > Also, when I open the Debug perspective my view is there automatically.
> > > How can I make it show only when the user clicks on Perspective/Show
> > > View/mypluginview?
> > >

SA> We should add an attribute called "visible" to the perspectiveExtension 
extension point when adding a view. By default, the value would be true so to 
be backward compatible. If set to false, then a placeholder is added to the 
perspective layout, instead of the actual view.
Comment 1 Simon Arsenault CLA 2002-01-25 09:28:30 EST 
If we have time, we should do this...
Comment 2 Randy Giffen CLA 2002-08-08 17:20:40 EDT 
Reopen for investigation
Comment 3 Nick Edgar CLA 2004-11-15 12:14:46 EST 
This has been in there since 2.1.