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<title>Adding items to the Carbide menu</title> |
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<h2>Adding items to the Carbide menu</h2> |
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<p>If you are creating a plug-in specifically for use with Carbide.c++ we recommend that |
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any menu items you create be added to existing Eclipse menus or to the <b>Carbide</b> menu. |
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<p>Following this guideline reduces the likelihood of menu clutter for uses with multiple Carbide extensions. |
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It also provides users with a consistent place to look for extension commands. |
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<p>The standard Eclipse technique for adding items to a menu is the <code>org.eclipse.ui.actionSet</code> |
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extension point. To add to the Carbide menu you use a standard action set, and specify the Carbide menu |
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in the <code>menubarPath</code> attribute. Below is an example: |
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point=<span class="attr">"org.eclipse.ui.actionSets"</span>> |
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id=<span class="attr">"Example.actionSet1"</span> |
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label=<span class="attr">"Example Actions"</span> |
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visible=<span class="attr">"true"</span>> |
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id=<span class="attr">"com.nokia.carbide.cpp.ui.CarbideMenu"</span> |
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label=<span class="attr">"&amp;Carbide"</span> |
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path=<span class="attr">"additions"</span>> |
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<groupMarker name=<span class="attr">"CarbideExtensions"</span>/> |
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class=<span class="attr">"SampleItem"</span> |
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id=<span class="attr">"example.actions.CarbideExample"</span> |
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label=<span class="attr">"My Extension"</span> |
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icon=<span class="attr">"icons/sample.gif"</span> |
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menubarPath=<span class="attr">"com.nokia.carbide.cpp.ui.CarbideMenu/CarbideExtensions"</span> |
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<p>The <menu> element must be included because Eclipse 3.2 does not completely support |
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declaring menus in one plugin and referencing them from another. Please include this element exactly as-is. |
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<p>Note that the <code>menubarPath</code> has two elements to the path:</p> |
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<li><code>com.nokia.carbide.cpp.ui.CarbideMenu</code> - this specifies the Carbide menu itself. |
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<li><code>CarbideExtensions</code> - this specifies the particular group in the menu for |
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extension commands. It's important to include this specific group for compatibility with future Carbide.c++ releases. |
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<p>Carbide defines two other named groups in this menu: <code>CarbideStart</code> and |
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<code>CarbideEnd</code>. These are for internal use and should not be used by third-party plugins. |
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<div id="footer">Copyright © 2009 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies). All rights reserved. <br>License: <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html">http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html</a></div> |
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