[news.eclipse.tools] Re: Initial location of a view

["Simon Arsenault" <simon_arsenault@xxxxxxx>]

A problem report has been created for your request.
1GK7KWQ: ITPUI:WIN98 - EC: Initial view location hint

Simon :-)

"Sharon" <sharon_dagan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:9noah8$9i8$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hmmm,
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> I'd like to make it a feature request then:
> Allow views extending org.clipse.ui.views to provide hints as for their
> preferred initial location.
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> Thanks,
> -Sharon
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> David Springgay wrote:
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> > Sharon,
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> > > Is there a way to specify the initial location of a view (extension point
> > > org.eclipse.ui.views) contributed by my plug-in? I'd like to specify that
> > > my view be initially placed at the lower-right corner, like the 'links'
> > > and 'thumbnail' views (supplied by IBM WSAD).
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> > When the view is defined in xml there is no way to specify the position.
> > If you contribute the view to your own perspective (an
> > IPerspectiveFactory) you can define the position as you choose.  If you
> > contribute the view to an existing perspective (via a
> > perspectiveExtension) you can specify the position in xml.  Check out the
> > extension point docs for org.eclipse.ui.perspectives and
> > org.eclipse.ui.perspectiveExtensions.
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> > There is also a good article on perspectives at www.eclipse.org.  See
> > "Using Perspectives in the Eclipse UI".
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> > Dave
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