[news.eclipse.platform.rcp] Re: setGlobalActionHandler

[Douglas Pollock <douglas.pollock@xxxxxxxx>]

mike cheng wrote:

> A CopyAction, derived from Action, in the treeview is associated with the
> Copy menu item in the global menu via setGlobalActionHandler.  It works
> correctly  when the tree view is active.  But there are some minor
> problems - only when mouse is clicked on the white space in the tree view,
> copy menu is enabled.  When selecting an object in the tree view , copy
> menu is disabled.   Not sure why?
> 
> How does the copyAction in the treeview control the enable/disable of copy
> menu item in the global menu when the tree view is active?  Do I need to
> define copyAction in plugin.xml and use enablement/selection?

Why don't you debug this by setting a breakpoint in
Action.setEnabled(boolean)?



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