Package org.eclipse.ui.navigator

Interface INavigatorViewerDescriptor

  • public interface INavigatorViewerDescriptor
    Provides a basic metadata about the abstract viewer for a particular content service.
    Since:
    3.2
    Restriction:
    This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.
    Restriction:
    This interface is not intended to be extended by clients.

    • Field Detail

      • PROP_HIDE_AVAILABLE_EXT_TAB

        static final String PROP_HIDE_AVAILABLE_EXT_TAB
        "org.eclipse.ui.navigator.hideAvailableExtensionsTab" (boolean): True indicates the "Available Extensions" tab in the "Filters and Customization" dialog should not be available for the user (defaults to false).
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      • PROP_HIDE_AVAILABLE_CUSTOMIZATIONS_DIALOG

        static final String PROP_HIDE_AVAILABLE_CUSTOMIZATIONS_DIALOG
        "org.eclipse.ui.navigator.hideAvailableCustomizationsDialog" (boolean): True indicates the entire "Filters and Customization" dialog should not be available for the user (defaults to false).
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      • PROP_HIDE_COLLAPSE_ALL_ACTION

        static final String PROP_HIDE_COLLAPSE_ALL_ACTION
        "org.eclipse.ui.navigator.hideCollapseAllAction" (boolean): True indicates the "Collapse All" button should not be available for the user (defaults to false).
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      • PROP_HIDE_LINK_WITH_EDITOR_ACTION

        static final String PROP_HIDE_LINK_WITH_EDITOR_ACTION
        "org.eclipse.ui.navigator.hideLinkWithEditorAction" (boolean): True indicates the "Link With Editor" action should not be available for the user (defaults to false).
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      • PROP_CUSTOMIZE_VIEW_DIALOG_HELP_CONTEXT

        static final String PROP_CUSTOMIZE_VIEW_DIALOG_HELP_CONTEXT
        "org.eclipse.ui.navigator.customizeViewDialogHelpContext" (string): The help context id to be used for the "Filters and Customization" view dialog, if not specified help will not be available.
        Since:
        3.5
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      • PROP_ENABLE_TOOLTIP_SUPPORT

        static final String PROP_ENABLE_TOOLTIP_SUPPORT
        "org.eclipse.ui.navigator.enableTooltipSupport" (boolean): True indicates that tooltip support shall be installed for the viewer. (Note: this only enables the general support to display tooltips. The actual tooltip text needs to be contributed by the contributed label providers.) (defaults to false).
        Since:
        3.8
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    • Method Detail

      • getViewerId

        String getViewerId()
        Returns the id of the viewer targeted by this extension.
        Returns:
        the id of the viewer targeted by this extension.

      • getPopupMenuId

        String getPopupMenuId()
        The default value of the popup menu id is the viewer id. Clients may override this value using a navigatorConfiguration extension.
        Returns:
        The id of the context menu of the viewer.

      • isVisibleContentExtension

        boolean isVisibleContentExtension​(String aContentExtensionId)
        Returns true if the content extension of the given id is 'visible'. A content extension is 'visible' if it matches a viewerContentBinding for the given viewer id.
        Parameters:
        aContentExtensionId - The id to query
        Returns:
        True if the content extension matches a viewerContentBinding for the viewer id of this descriptor.

      • isVisibleActionExtension

        boolean isVisibleActionExtension​(String anActionExtensionId)
        Returns true if the action extension of the given id is 'visible'. An action extension is 'visible' if it matches a viewerActionBinding for the given viewer id.
        Parameters:
        anActionExtensionId - The id to query
        Returns:
        True if the action extension matches a viewerActionBinding for the viewer id of this descriptor.

      • isRootExtension

        boolean isRootExtension​(String aContentExtensionId)
        Returns true if the content extension of the given id matches a viewerContentBinding extension that declares isRoot as true.
        Parameters:
        aContentExtensionId - The id to query
        Returns:
        True if the content extension matches a viewerContentBinding which declares 'isRoot' as true for the viewer id of this descriptor.

      • hasOverriddenRootExtensions

        boolean hasOverriddenRootExtensions()
        Returns true if there exists at least one matching viewerContentBinding which declares isRoot as true. This behavior will override the default enablement for the viewer root.
        Returns:
        True if there exists a matching viewerContentBinding which declares isRoot as true.

      • allowsPlatformContributionsToContextMenu

        boolean allowsPlatformContributionsToContextMenu()
        Returns true by default. A true value indicates that object and view contributions should be supported by the popup menu of any viewer described by this viewer descriptor. The value may be overridden from the <popupMenu /> child element of the <viewer /> element in the org.eclipse.ui.navigator.viewer extension point.
        Returns:
        True if object/view contributions should be allowed or False otherwise.

      • getCustomInsertionPoints

        MenuInsertionPoint[] getCustomInsertionPoints()
        Custom insertion points are declared through a nested 'popupMenu' element in the org.eclipse.ui.navigator.viewer extension point. Each insertion point represents either a Separator or GroupMarker in the context menu of the viewer.

        Returns:
        The set of custom insertion points, if any. A null list indicates the default set (as defined by NavigatorActionService) should be used. An empty list indicates there are no declarative insertion points.

      • getStringConfigProperty

        String getStringConfigProperty​(String aPropertyName)
        Parameters:
        aPropertyName - A property name corresponding to a configuration option from org.eclipse.ui.navigator.viewer
        Returns:
        The unmodified string value returned from the extension (null is a possible return value).

      • getBooleanConfigProperty

        boolean getBooleanConfigProperty​(String aPropertyName)
        Parameters:
        aPropertyName - A property name corresponding to a configuration option from org.eclipse.ui.navigator.viewer
        Returns:
        The boolean value returned from the extension (null is a possible return value).

      • getHelpContext

        String getHelpContext()
        Returns:
        the help context associated with this viewer as specified by the helpContext attribute of the <viewer /> element in the org.eclipse.ui.navigator.viewer extension point.
        Since:
        3.4