Eclipse Platform
Release 3.0

org.eclipse.ui.actions
Class OpenWithMenu

java.lang.Object
  extended byorg.eclipse.jface.action.ContributionItem
      extended byorg.eclipse.ui.actions.OpenWithMenu
All Implemented Interfaces:
IContributionItem

public class OpenWithMenu
extends ContributionItem

A menu for opening files in the workbench.

An OpenWithMenu is used to populate a menu with "Open With" actions. One action is added for each editor which is applicable to the selected file. If the user selects one of these items, the corresponding editor is opened on the file.

This class may be instantiated; it is not intended to be subclassed.


Field Summary
static String ID
          The id of this action.
 
Constructor Summary
OpenWithMenu(IWorkbenchPage page)
          Constructs a new instance of OpenWithMenu.
OpenWithMenu(IWorkbenchPage page, IAdaptable file)
          Constructs a new instance of OpenWithMenu.
 
Method Summary
 void fill(Menu menu, int index)
          The default implementation of this IContributionItem method does nothing.
 boolean isDynamic()
          The default implementation of this IContributionItem method returns false.
 
Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.jface.action.ContributionItem
dispose, fill, fill, fill, getId, getParent, isDirty, isEnabled, isGroupMarker, isSeparator, isVisible, saveWidgetState, setParent, setVisible, toString, update, update
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 

Field Detail

ID

public static final String ID
The id of this action.

See Also:
Constant Field Values
Constructor Detail

OpenWithMenu

public OpenWithMenu(IWorkbenchPage page)
Constructs a new instance of OpenWithMenu.

If this method is used be sure to set the selected file by invoking setFile. The file input is required when the user selects an item in the menu. At that point the menu will attempt to open an editor with the file as its input.

Parameters:
page - the page where the editor is opened if an item within the menu is selected

OpenWithMenu

public OpenWithMenu(IWorkbenchPage page,
                    IAdaptable file)
Constructs a new instance of OpenWithMenu.

Parameters:
page - the page where the editor is opened if an item within the menu is selected
file - the selected file
Method Detail

fill

public void fill(Menu menu,
                 int index)
Description copied from class: ContributionItem
The default implementation of this IContributionItem method does nothing. Subclasses may override.

Specified by:
fill in interface IContributionItem
Overrides:
fill in class ContributionItem

isDynamic

public boolean isDynamic()
Description copied from class: ContributionItem
The default implementation of this IContributionItem method returns false. Subclasses may override.

Specified by:
isDynamic in interface IContributionItem
Overrides:
isDynamic in class ContributionItem

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