Adding "open file" button to eclipse toolbar

Question

I know you can add new buttons to the eclipse toolbar by writing a custom plugin but just how would i go about adding a simple "open file" button like most editors have?

I guess I can use this as a template to do what i want, but what's the commandId for the "open file dialog":

How to add undo / redo buttons to toolbar in Eclipse?

thank you!

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 21 '12 at 18:52

I don't believe there is a specific commandId for open file dialog that you can use in the toolbar or menu. You would have to create a class that implements the IHandler interface and use something like the JFileChooser to handle the selection of the file.

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 21 '12 at 19:13

If you want to have a toolbar button which mimics the behaviour of the menu File->Open File..., then you are searching for the command id

org.eclipse.ui.edit.text.openLocalFile

which you would want to use instead of the command ids for the undo/redo in your example.

Adding "open file" button to eclipse toolbar

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