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chama
chama

Reputation: 6163

How can I use a non-IFileEditorInput as the default EditorInput in my plugin?

I am in the middle of creating an Eclipse plugin that will open an editor. Everything is mapped out well - my plugin.xml is set up correctly to open the editor for anything with the .xyz extension. The only thing holding me back is the IEditorInput.

I have a subclass of IEditorInput that I created for use with my editor. When I open the editor programmatically, I can create that EditorInput and open the editor correctly. However, when I open the editor using Project Explorer (Right click > Open With > My Editor), it is opened with a FileEditorInput.

How can I change the default behavior of Project Explorer to create the correct IEditorInput? Is there something in plugin.xml that I'm missing?

Thanks!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 136

Answers (1)

nitind
nitind

Reputation: 20003

The editor doesn't get to choose the kind of editor input object it's given. It can use a IDocumentProvider to support different kinds of IEditorInput, but you should never artificially limit your editor to working with one kind of input, even if you do manage to change how the Project Explorer works.

Upvotes: 2

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