[news.eclipse.platform.rcp] Re: implementing global action in Applicatio

[Paul Webster <pwebster@xxxxxxxxxx>]

In an RCP app, you just need to update your ApplicationActionBarAdvisor with a CommandContributionItem instead of ActionFactory.COPY, for example (I think).

ex:
menu.add(getCopyItem());

     private IContributionItem getCopyItem() {
		return getItem(
				ActionFactory.COPY.getId(),
				ActionFactory.COPY.getCommandId(),
				ISharedImages.IMG_TOOL_COPY,
				ISharedImages.IMG_TOOL_COPY_DISABLED,
				WorkbenchMessages.Workbench_copy,
				WorkbenchMessages.Workbench_copyToolTip, null);
	}

      private IContributionItem getItem(String actionId, String commandId,
   		String image, String disabledImage, String label, String tooltip, String helpContextId) {
		ISharedImages sharedImages = getWindow().getWorkbench()
				.getSharedImages();

		IActionCommandMappingService acms = (IActionCommandMappingService) getWindow()
				.getService(IActionCommandMappingService.class);
		acms.map(actionId, commandId);

		CommandContributionItemParameter commandParm = new CommandContributionItemParameter(
				getWindow(), actionId, commandId, null, sharedImages
						.getImageDescriptor(image), sharedImages
						.getImageDescriptor(disabledImage), null, label, null,
				tooltip, CommandContributionItem.STYLE_PUSH, null, false);
		return new CommandContributionItem(commandParm);
	}

This is the code from 3.5, it might need to be tweaked for 3.4 (ActionFactory.COPY.getCommandId() doesn't exist in 3.4, for example).

PW

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