[news.eclipse.platform] Re: Reusing eclipse icons

[AL <unbonnevie@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Daniel,

Use the class WorkbenchLabelProvider and WorkbenchContentProvider.  That 
way Eclipse will do all the work for you.  It will have *ALL* the icons 
of all the plug-ins that are known of.

One thing about Eclipse is that it takes days to find out how to do 
something.  Once you've found the way, it takes a couple lines of code :-)


Daniel Winterstein wrote:
> Thanks Niklas. I want to use the resource navigator icons (collapse & 
> sync-with-editor, to be specific). Unfortunately ISharedImages does not 
> include these icons.
>  - Daniel
>
> Niklas Deutschmann wrote:
> > Hi Daniel,
> >
> > > It would be better to directly reuse the icon files shipped with 
> > > Eclipse. That way your UI would remain consistent even if Eclipse 
> > > changes its style. So is there a way to get access to these icons?
> >
> > You can access a (small) set of images using 
> > PlatformUI.getWorkbench().getSharedImages()
> >
> > There are probably some more in "internal" classes.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Niklas