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

[Hung <hungvlam@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Gili Mendel wrote:

> 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.

We got it to work.  Thanks.