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

[AL <unbonnevie@xxxxxxxxx>]

AL wrote:
> 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 :-)

Another way is to use the JDT's image registry, e.g., DebugPlugin, etc. 
 Make sure NOT to dispose the images.

> 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