Questions tagged [plugin.xml]
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Eclipse RCP menus & actions: Configure or code?
This is a general question but my current problem revolves around menu handling.
In a normal plugin with contributes menu actions you would configure ActionSets etc in the plugin.xml configuration. This is obviously sensible.
I am working on a RCP…

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Eclipse RCP- Property Page for folders only
I am trying to create a property page using plugin.xml. I want this property page to appear only when you right click -> properties of folders only.
I used this code:

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Target specific platform for custom framework in a Cordova plugin
I'm developing a Cordova plugin for Android that includes custom frameworks, and one of them is only compatible with cordova-android >= 4.0.0.
I know in the plugin.xml file we can target cordova-android specific versions, but that applies on the…

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Add a Maven dependency to a Eclipse Plugin project
just a simple question: I need to add a Maven dependency to a Eclipse Plugin project.
The project has not a POM file, so I converted it to a Maven one.
Now I have plugin.xml file and pom.xml file. POM contains the dependency I need to satisfy, but…

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How to remove a Category from Import wizard in Eclipse-RCP?
I need to add an import wizard into my eclipse-rcp app. For that I would like to use existing wizard with only my categories. I found couple of examples in the Internet, but they didn't help much.
My problem is that I have not only my category, but…

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Internationalized strings in Eclipse plugin.xml file are not found when installed in Eclipse application
I have created 2 plugins, implementing an ODA driver plugin and its UI plugin for the BIRT extension to Eclipse.
My plugins both work as expected when eclipse starts up another eclipse application where I can then test the plugins I am developing.…

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Window Images in eclipse product not shown
I have defined all images from 16x16 px - 128x128 px (32 bit) in my eclipse product. They are being written into the plugin.xml of my UI

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Eclipse RCP Fast View in Horizontal Orientation
I do know how to register a View in the Fast views bar within a RCP Eclipse application (using plugin.xml). It opens in Vertical orientation. Does anybody know how to tell this view to open in Horizontal orientation per default?
Thanks a lot for…

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how to config plugin.xml to add android:name in application tag
default config for android manifest is:
I want to add android:name="com.baidu.frontia.FrontiaApplication" tag…

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Grails plugin.xml - store in version control?
I'm developing a Grails plugin. Should its plugin.xml be kept in version control. Why or why not?
Because these are just plugin descriptors, I'm not sure if they should always be maintained alongside the rest of the codebase. However perhaps Grails…

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All the available tags in plugin.xml in eclipse
For eclipse plugin development, how can I know what all tags are available in plugin.xml?
Is there any list of tags available?

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How to add a command in right click menu of a function or class in Eclipse?
This is kind of newbie question. All tutorials show a way to add a command to a iFile object class. Can you show me an example of a plugin.xml file that registers a command for a function or class?
What I want to achieve is to right-click on a…

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Are externalised plugin.xml strings available to downstream plugins?
If I have plugin common, with plugin A and B as separate plugins/products, both depending on plugin common.
In plugin common, I externalise the strings in plugin.xml, this gives me %bundle-vendor = "My Company Name".
In downstream plugins A and B,…

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How can we limit the visibility of a pop-up menu in plugin.xml to only a particular folder and it's sub-folders? Does any such way exist?
I am using menuContribution + command along with the element in my plugin.xml.
Say there is a particular folder "XYZ" in my Project Structure with subfolders "xyz1" "xyz2".
I want my popup menu entry to be only visible on right click…

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