Re: [pde-ui-dev] How to present 'transient' information using a plugin

[klicnik@xxxxxxxxxx]

A couple of comments ... 

This mailing list is probably the wrong place for this note because it is 
not related to PDE. PDE is a set of tools we supply to assist plugin 
development. The question you have is about general usage of the UI 
framework. So either post the newsgroup (although I recall seeing a post 
like this already), or the developer list for the Eclipse UI (eg. 
platform-ui-dev).

I am not a UI expert so I can't answer the question, but I think that 
there are other places where views are dynamically added to a perspective, 
so what you ask would appear to be programatically possible. UI guys 
should be able to tell you. Also, you could consider adding a tab to your 
editor to show the transient information (but this would require the user 
to switch to that tab to see the info).

Also, the post came with a disclaimer attachment that does not seem to be 
consistent with a post to a public forum and the Eclipse CPL in general.

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Hi,
 
I have recently started looking into developing a plugin. I understand the 
purpose of views and editors, in respect of presenting information about a 
resource.
 
However, if when a user is performing an operation within an editor, the 
result of the operation needs to be presented -  e.g. in the form of a graph , how should this transient information be displayed - a view? Can the 
editor dynamically cause a new view to be added to the user's perspective?
 
Or is the suggested approach that a new independent frame be displayed?
 
If there is a document discussing this type of behaviour for a plugin, or 
any relevant examples, I would appreciate any references/pointers.
 
Thanks in advance
Gary Brown
 

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