[news.eclipse.platform] Re: Add menu listener for editor context menu.

["vishal" <vishal_pai@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

Is there any alternative approach that I can take?

Vishal

"vishal" <vishal_pai@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
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> Hi Paul,
>
> Many thanks for your reply.
>
> I am trying to trap atleast the known events that occurred on the file. 
> For e.g. The file was being compared, file was printed etc. Sometimes I 
> also need to remove some of the existing features. I am working on general 
> class of editors (but for now text editors is also fine).
>
> How do I know if the editor has exported the menu manager? How do I 
> subclass a editor (I do not want to go into Windows hooks and 
> subclassing)? Kindly advise on the approach that I should take.
>
> Thanks and Best Regards,
> Vishal
>
> "Paul Webster" <pwebster@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
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>> By default you can't get that MenuManager easily, unless the specific 
>> type of text editor exports it.  Are you subclassing a text editor?  Or 
>> you do you just want the general "text editor" class of editors?
>>
>> What exactly are you trying to do?  If it's just to add to a context 
>> menu, you can use org.eclipse.ui.popupMenus to do it.
>>
>> Later,
>> PW
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