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Terry
Terry

Reputation: 14867

Eclipse RCP: Disable Menu Entry for Command via Plugin XML

I know I can disable menu entries for commands in the plugin XML like that:

<visibleWhen checkEnabled="false">
    <with variable="activeWorkbenchWindow.activePerspective">
        <equals value="myperspective"/>
    </with>
</visibleWhen>

My question is: is there a way to just disable a menu entry, instead of hiding it?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1290

Answers (1)

greg-449
greg-449

Reputation: 111142

That is controlled by the handler for the command. The handler can define when it is active with <activeWhen> element and when it is enabled with <enabledWhen>

<extension
     point="org.eclipse.ui.handlers">
  <handler
        class="..."
        commandId="...">
     <activeWhen>
        .... 
     </activeWhen>
     <enabledWhen>
        ....
     </enabledWhen>
  </handler>

The menu item will be disabled if there is no active handler or the active handler is not enabled.

Upvotes: 4

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