Re: [platform-ui-dev] [platform-up-dev] cannot create dynamic Status bar

["Lee, Alain" <a-lee@xxxxxx>]

Thanks! I have opened a bug for it.  In my case, I need to use the <dynamic> tag because I need to update the toolbar with different controls depending on the state of certain features in our application.

 

 

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Alain Lee
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From: platform-ui-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:platform-ui-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Paul Webster
Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012 11:04 AM
To: Eclipse Platform UI component developers list.
Subject: Re: [platform-ui-dev] cannot create dynamic Status bar controls in eclipse 4.2

 

On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 10:42 AM, Lee, Alain <a-lee@xxxxxx> wrote:

I need to dynamically create some Status Bar controls. It works fine in Eclipse 3.8 but the dynamic controls do not appear  in Eclipse 4.2. Is this still supported in 4.2?

 

This is how I defined my tool bar in plugin.xml:

 

<extension point="org.eclipse.ui.menus">

    <menuContribution

       locationURI="toolbar:org.eclipse.ui.trim.status">

              <toolbar id="my.toolbar.test">

              <dynamic

              class="my.status.myStatusBar"

                id=" my.toolbar.test.items">

              </dynamic>

              </toolbar>

   </menuContribution>

</extension>

 

Where my.status.myStatusBar extends from WorkbenchWindowControlContribution.

 

This works in 4.2 only if I define the toolbar using the <control> tag.

It is a bug, as dynamic should be able to insert any org.eclipse.jface.action.ContributionItem subclass into a menu or toolbar (it won't actually be dynamic in a toolbar).  Please open a bug at:

https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/enter_bug.cgi?product=Platform&component=UI

In your case you should probably be using a control element, since you're subclassing the control contribution.  The control element will make sure the control contribution fields are filled in correctly.

PW

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