Package org.eclipse.ui.actions

Class PerspectiveMenu

java.lang.Object

org.eclipse.jface.action.ContributionItem

org.eclipse.ui.actions.PerspectiveMenu

All Implemented Interfaces:

IContributionItem

Direct Known Subclasses:

ChangeToPerspectiveMenu, OpenNewPageMenu, OpenNewWindowMenu, OpenPerspectiveMenu

public abstract class PerspectiveMenu
extends ContributionItem

A menu for perspective selection.

A PerspectiveMenu is used to populate a menu with perspective shortcut items. If the user selects one of these items an action is performed for the selected perspective.

The visible perspective items within the menu are dynamic and reflect the available set generated by each subclass. The default available set consists of the perspective shortcut list of the current perspective.

This class is abstract. Subclasses must implement the run method, which performs a specialized action for the selected perspective.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected static final String	SHOW_PERSP_ID	Deprecated. As of 3.5, replaced by IWorkbenchCommandConstants.PERSPECTIVES_SHOW_PERSPECTIVE

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
PerspectiveMenu(IWorkbenchWindow window, String id)	Constructs a new instance of PerspectiveMenu.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	dispose()	The default implementation of this IContributionItem method does nothing.
void	fill(Menu menu, int index)	The default implementation of this IContributionItem method does nothing.
protected ArrayList<IPerspectiveDescriptor>	getPerspectiveItems()	Returns the available list of perspectives to display in the menu.
protected boolean	getShowActive()	Returns whether the menu item representing the active perspective will have a check mark.
protected IWorkbenchWindow	getWindow()	Returns the window for this menu.
boolean	isDirty()	The default implementation of this IContributionItem method returns false.
boolean	isDynamic()	The default implementation of this IContributionItem method returns false.
protected abstract void	run(IPerspectiveDescriptor desc)	Runs an action for a particular perspective.
protected void	run(IPerspectiveDescriptor desc, SelectionEvent event)	Runs an action for a particular perspective.
protected void	showActive(boolean b)	Sets the showActive flag.

Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.jface.action.ContributionItem

fill, fill, fill, getId, getParent, isEnabled, isGroupMarker, isSeparator, isVisible, saveWidgetState, setId, setParent, setVisible, toString, update, update

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Details

SHOW_PERSP_ID

@Deprecated
protected static final String SHOW_PERSP_ID

Deprecated.

As of 3.5, replaced by IWorkbenchCommandConstants.PERSPECTIVES_SHOW_PERSPECTIVE

Since:

3.4

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

Constructor Details

PerspectiveMenu

public PerspectiveMenu(IWorkbenchWindow window,
 String id)

Constructs a new instance of PerspectiveMenu.

Parameters:

window - the window containing this menu

id - the menu id

Method Details

fill

public void fill(Menu menu,
 int index)

Description copied from class: ContributionItem

The default implementation of this IContributionItem method does nothing. Subclasses may override.

Specified by:

fill in interface IContributionItem

Overrides:

fill in class ContributionItem

Parameters:

menu - the parent menu

index - the index where the controls are inserted, or -1 to insert at the end

getPerspectiveItems

protected ArrayList<IPerspectiveDescriptor> getPerspectiveItems()

Returns the available list of perspectives to display in the menu.

By default, the list contains the perspective shortcuts for the current perspective.

Subclasses can override this method to return a different list.

Returns:

an ArrayList of perspective items IPerspectiveDescriptor

getShowActive

protected boolean getShowActive()

Returns whether the menu item representing the active perspective will have a check mark.

Returns:

true if a check mark is shown, false otherwise

getWindow

protected IWorkbenchWindow getWindow()

Returns the window for this menu.

Returns:

the window

isDirty

public boolean isDirty()

Description copied from class: ContributionItem

The default implementation of this IContributionItem method returns false. Subclasses may override.

Specified by:

isDirty in interface IContributionItem

Overrides:

isDirty in class ContributionItem

Returns:

true if this item is dirty

isDynamic

public boolean isDynamic()

Description copied from class: ContributionItem

The default implementation of this IContributionItem method returns false. Subclasses may override.

Specified by:

isDynamic in interface IContributionItem

Overrides:

isDynamic in class ContributionItem

Returns:

true if this item is dynamic, and false for normal items

run

protected abstract void run(IPerspectiveDescriptor desc)

Runs an action for a particular perspective. The behavior of the action is defined by the subclass.

Parameters:

desc - the selected perspective

run

protected void run(IPerspectiveDescriptor desc,
 SelectionEvent event)

Runs an action for a particular perspective. The behavior of the action is defined by the subclass. By default, this just calls run(IPerspectiveDescriptor).

Parameters:

desc - the selected perspective

event - SelectionEvent - the event send along with the selection callback

showActive

protected void showActive(boolean b)

Sets the showActive flag. If showActive == true then the active perspective is hilighted with a check mark.

Parameters:

b - the new showActive flag

dispose

public void dispose()

Description copied from class: ContributionItem

The default implementation of this IContributionItem method does nothing. Subclasses may override.

Specified by:

dispose in interface IContributionItem

Overrides:

dispose in class ContributionItem