I really dislike all the menu contribution mechanisms we have in Eclipse at the moment. I find it really confusing - so any improvement on that basis would be a good thing!
The only reservation I have about utilising the proposed extension point is that the XSLT plugins would then depend on it. That means that we couldn't get the XSLT code to pass the review process before the new extension point code has passed the review process, and I really want to get something accepted soon.
However, as soon as the extension point code is (or is likely to be) accepted then I have no problem to converting our plugins to use it. Do you agree?
----- Original Message ----
From: David Carver <d_a_carver@xxxxxxxxx>
To: WTP Incubator Dev list <wtp-incubator-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, 20 December, 2007 11:29:19 PM
Subject: [wtp-incubator-dev] Extensibility of XSLT editor menus, popups, etc.
I'd like to propose, depending on how far bug 212330 goes when the new
year comes around, that the XSLT project consider migrating as much
functionality to the new org.eclipse.ui.menus extension point. This
extension point allows other plugins to contribute commands and toolbars
to existing plugins in a more extensible way. All that is required is
to know the various ids that are related to the menus, toolbars, and
popups. This works for editors, and views.
Bug 212330 is a proof of concept that I've worked on for the last week
in order to
migrate all the existing functionality that is implemented
in the legacy menu api, over to the new extension point. In the past
their were some problems, and even now there are a few tricks you need
to do to get everything working the same way.
However, the advantage out weighs the learning curve in my opinion.
Instead of having bits and pieces of the UI creation process spread over
multiple pieces of java code, 90% of the user interface can be done in
the plugin.xml file, with the supporting business and ui logic (if any)
being handled in Handlers. Enablement, Activation, and Visiblity can
all be controlled through Core Command Expressions.
I've created a work in progress Wiki page, that documents the major ids
needed, as well as link to various resources and tips:
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Table_of_WTP_IDsComments, suggestions, rotten eggs? :)
Dave
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