| Re: [ptp-dev] Why configuration tab requires two extension points |
Thanks Wyatt, and ignore my next posting then.
> Greetings,
> There are two things going on here. Normally the ETFW ui tabs show
> up as sub-tabs of the Performance Analysis tab. The extension
> point: "org.eclipse.debug.ui.launchConfigurationTabs" is for
> creating a new top-level tab in the UI. In this case it creates the
> TAU tab that shows up with the other top-level tabs in the launch
> configuration.
>
> The other extension point, org.eclipse.ptp.etfw.configurationTabs,
> is for defining a custom ETFW tab UI. The TauAnalysisTab code shows
> how to include this UI element in the top-level tab. But it could
> also be created as a sub-tab of Performance Analysis. Let me know if
> you want further clarification or have any more questions.
>
> =Wyatt
>
> On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 7:50 AM, Brian Watt <bwatt@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Wyatt,
>
> A general question about ETFw, I'm creating a custom configuration
> tab, and have extended the org.eclipse.ptp.etfw.configurationTabs
> extension point.
>
> <extension
> point="org.eclipse.ptp.etfw.configurationTabs">
> <perfconfigurationtab
> class="com.ibm.ppedev.hpct.etfw.ProfileLaunchTab">
> </perfconfigurationtab>
> </extension>
>
> However, nothing appears on the launch configuration panel until I
> add in a second extension
>
> <extension
> point="org.eclipse.debug.ui.launchConfigurationTabs">
> <tab
> class="com.ibm.ppedev.hpct.etfw.ProfileLaunchTab"
> group="org.eclipse.ptp.etfw.launchConfigurationTabGroup"
> id="com.ibm.ppedev.hpct.etfw.ProfileLaunchTab"
> name="TAU">
> <placement
> after="org.eclipse.ptp.etfw.parallelToolSelectionTab">
> </placement>
> </tab>
> </extension>
>
> I see that TAU does the same thing, and my question is why does
> creating a configuration tab extension requires two extension points?
>
> Brian Watt, IBM
>
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