[news.eclipse.tools.gef] Re: implementing cut/copy/paste

["CL [dnoyeb] Gilbert" <Lamont_Gilbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I believe he has just failed to do this

 getSelectionActions().add(action.getID());

so his actions are registered, but not with the selection service or 
whatever.


Randy Hudson wrote:
> The registry should hold onto actions maintained by the Editor instance.
> RetargetActions should only be created by the ActionBarContributor, not each
> editor instance.
>
> The purpose of retarget actions is to map a single ActionBarContributor to
> multiple editor instances within a given WorkbenchWindow.  I think actionbar
> contributors were designed as 1-per-window-per-editor-type to reduce flicker
> and repainting when changing between multiple java CU editors.  It also
> reduces the number of native widgets created.
>
> "Jesper Eskilson" <jojo@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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