Perspective Extensions¶

In the previous section we used one method for defining a perspective – we used code to manually add views to the perspective. We will now use a second technique – using a plugin.xml extension to declare what a perspective is composed of.

To control what menus are shown we will use an extension to add an Action Set to a perspective. The “Perspective Extensions” extension point can be used to control what actions are available, what views are displayed and so forth.

• Open the plugin.xml file.

• Switch to the Extensions tab

• Click the Add... Button

• Select org.eclipse.ui.perspectiveExtensions

  

• Press Finish

• Select the targetID element and enter net.refractions.udig.tutorials.customapp.perspective

  Save the Manifest.

  

• Right click on net.refractions.udig.tutorials.customapp.perpsective and select New ‣ actionSet

• Select the id* field and enter: net.refractions.udig.project.ui.LayerActions

  

• Repeat this process for the following additional entries:

  • net.refractions.udig.project.ui.layer.menu
  • net.refractions.udig.project.ui.map.menu
  • net.refractions.udig.catalog.ui.data.menu

  Hint

  Eclipse 3.5 includes a Browse button allowing you to look up action sets to add.