[news.eclipse.tools] Re: Global StatusLine

["Simon Arsenault" <simon@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

You can get access to the status line manager of the workbench window and
add a contributio to it. Unfortunately, there is no way to provide a
contribution via your plugin.xml file. So your plugin would need to be
running all the time. You would also need to handle new windows being
opened.

Open a feature request against Platform - UI

Simon :-)

"chris songer" <songer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hi!
>
> Our eclipse based app launches tools that are managed with a license
> manager. Consequently, I want to put a little box in the lower right
> corner of the window that always tells the user if he has any running
> launches. I don't care what editor is up, I don't care what view has
> focus, I want that information right down there in the bottom right
> because if he's using a license, he needs to be able to see it.
>
> I'm thinking I'm not going to get what I want because it's looking to me
> like IStatusLineManager is associated with actionBars that appear to be
> site specific. Doing anything else feels like swimming upstream. Do folks
> have suggestions what the right approach is here?
>
> Thanks!
> -Chris
>