[News.eclipse.technology.gmf] Re: shortcuts and their update functions

[Mathias Kissig <mathias.kissig@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Alex,

> There are a number of requests concerning shortcuts planned for the next 
> version:
> https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=150645
> https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=149547
>
> You can add some more request (for example - optional read-only shortcuts).

I've done that: https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=152424

> > What do I have to do to implement a read-only shortcut, because this
> > would be sufficient for now (ehh...probably just for me). Tweaking the
> > EditingDomain or is there an easier way?
> Looks like you should patch all the generated ?EditPolicies to disable 
> commands for shortcuts.

You mean the getCreateXYZ operations in the ?SemanticEditPolicies? I have not 
tried it yet, but I think I have to look for containers with the "shortcut" 
EAnnotation. If an element resides in such a container, the returned Command 
object will be null.

Thanks a lot for your help!

Best regards,
Mathias