RCP PreferencePage Wizard

To use the wizard, select the project source folder and package to contain the class. Then enter the class name, view name/title and hit the Finish button.

The wizard generates the following code.

import org.eclipse.jface.preference.PreferencePage;
import org.eclipse.swt.SWT;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Composite;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Control;
import org.eclipse.ui.IWorkbench;
import org.eclipse.ui.IWorkbenchPreferencePage;

public class RcpPreferencePage extends PreferencePage {

    public RcpPreferencePage() {
        super();
    }

    @Override
    public Control createContents(Composite parent) {
        Composite container = new Composite(parent, SWT.NONE);
        return container;
    }

    public void init(IWorkbench workbench) {
        // Initialize the preference page
    }
}

When editing RCP PreferencePages, all of the standard SWT layouts, containers and widgets are available. Standard Preference Pages can use any widget and layout manager, but the preference value getting and setting must be coded by hand. 

The wizard generates the following code for Field Editor Preference Pages.

import org.eclipse.jface.preference.FieldEditorPreferencePage;

import org.eclipse.ui.IWorkbench;

 

public class RcpPreferencePage extends FieldEditorPreferencePage {

    public RcpPreferencePage() {

        super(FLAT);

    }

    protected void createFieldEditors() {
        // Create the field editors

    }

    public void init(IWorkbench workbench) {
        // Initialize the preference page

    }

}

Field Editor Preference Pages use a GridLayout and a set of specialized field editor widgets with their own unique widget palette. Standard widgets and layout managers can't be used. 

Field Layout Preference Pages are a hybrid that can use either regular widgets or field editors.