[news.eclipse.platform] Re: Tying MenuItems to IContributionItem

[Scott Morrison <captainqwark@xxxxxxxxx>]

I can get the object stored in menuItem.getData() and often times it's 
the contribution item but there's no consistency in what's put in there. 
 For some menu items there's internal classes like 
ActionSetContributionItem which probably shouldn't be used in a plugin. 
There's also the problem where the Edit menu has ContributionItem 
objects stored in .getData() but getting those objects and doing 
.setVisible(false) fails to render them invisible however if I do the 
following:

Menu menuBar = window.getShell().getMenuBar();
Menu targetMenu = menuItems[i].getMenu();
Object o = menuItems[i].getData();
MenuManager targetManager = (MenuManager)o;
MenuItem[] targetMenuItems = targetMenu.getItems();
IContributionItem[] targetContributionItems = targetManager.getItems();

I can loop through all the IContributionItem arrays for each menu and 
set every MenuItem in every menu invisible but what I need to know is 
how to identify the IContrubtionItem array elements with their 
corresponding MenuItems.

I tried looping through the MenuItems and doing

MenuManager.fill(targetMenu, i) but it still isn't consistent in what 
objects it puts in .data();

Thanks for your help :)

Scott

Paul News wrote:
> Check out ActionContributionItem#fill() methods ... it attaches the 
> contribution item to the menu item ... you should be able to go 
> menuItem.getData() to get back the contribution item.
>
> Later,
> PW