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Re: [platform-ui-dev] Creating an E4 view or editor in the eclipse workbench
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There is already a possibility to host e4-parts in views/editors - it is
called the forward-compat-layer.
Tom
On 20.09.16 21:22, Stefan Xenos wrote:
>> The e4 programming model is very powerful and it would be great if we
> could start using it in the IDE.
>
> I was actually interested for another purpose -- there was some
> discussion on the UX mailing list about the possibility of replacing
> dialog boxes with embedded nonmodal parts. I was considering the
> possibility of building something that could host E4-style parts, but
> wanted to experiment with them a bit first.
>
> On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 6:29 AM Lars Vogel <lars.vogel@xxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:lars.vogel@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
> Hi Stefan,
>
> e4 views work relatively well in the IDE.
> http://www.vogella.com/tutorials/EclipsePlugin/article.html this one
> should help you. We describe in detail how to add menu and toolbar.
>
> Adding an e4 view is a little bit hidden, see
> http://www.vogella.com/tutorials/EclipsePlugin/article.html#supporting-part-descriptors-in-an-eclipse-4-5-ide
> for the short version.
>
> For e4 editors in the IDE, the "only" required change is a different
> tag. The challenge here is that existing plug-ins extensions may not
> find them.
>
> Actually at runtime everything is an e4 element, have a look at
> ViewRegistry and EditorRegistry where we do the conversion at runtime.
>
> We definitely have some missing parts for the e4 story in the IDE,
> currently Simon, Olivier Prouvost and I are planning to met in
> November for a week to work on them.
>
> Feel free to shoot me an email if the tutorial is unclear or if you
> need more help. The e4 programming model is very powerful and it would
> be great if we could start using it in the IDE.
>
> Best regards, Lars
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 3:17 PM, Stefan Xenos <sxenos@xxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:sxenos@xxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> > I'd like to use the E4-style DI for creating an editor in the
> Eclipse IDE,
> > but I can't figure out how. The first thing I tried was
> implementing an
> > E4-style view and attaching it to an element in the editors
> extension point,
> > but it didn't work. :-(
> >
> > I've seen some guides describing how to create E4 views, but all
> of them
> > seem to be targetted to Eclipse RCP applications. I couldn't find any
> > information related to the Eclipse IDE.
> >
> > Is it even possible?
> >
> > - Stefan
> >
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