[news.eclipse.tools.ve] Re: Extend Palette

[Gili Mendel <gmendel@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hung wrote:
> I was able to add a custom widget to the Palette following the 
> tutorial.  When dropping this custom widget to a composite, I want to 
> display our custom dialog/wizard instead of the dialog asking for the 
> Bean Name.  Can this be done?  What extensions should I use?  Thanks.


The naming dialog is opened because of the AnnotationPolicy (put a break point in 
AnnotationPolicy.getDefaultAddAnnotationsCommand()).

This policy is an editor wide, and is responsible of figuring up what to "name" the instance that is being dropped (see 
 NameInMemberPropertyDescriptor.getUniqueNamesInComposition().

There is no way to override/extend this particular policy.  Note that this dialog will only come up if the preference is 
set that way.

You have the option of creating your own edit part/policies, and override the existing ones.  You can than add a policy 
that brings up your dialog.