Time for action – creating the view menu

The view menu is the dropdown shown with a triangular icon, and is currently created in the SampleView class in the createView method. This can be recreated in the fragment editor by adding a view menu to the part descriptor.

1. Open the fragment.e4xmi file and navigate to the Sample View part descriptor. Under that, there is a Menus element and a dropdown choice box. Select View Menu from the list and click on the Add button to add a View Menu.

2. In the newly created View Menu, there is a drop-down choice box. Choose Handled Menu Item and click on Add.

3. Add the following to the Handled Menu Item:

   1. Label: Action 1

   2. Tooltip: Action 1 tooltip

   3. Icon URI: platform:/plugin/org.eclipse.ui/icons/full/obj16/info_tsk.png or use the Find … button as before

   4. Ensure that the Enabled checkbox is selected

   5. Click on the Find … button next to the Command field and choose the Action 1 command from the list

4. The Handled Menu Item should look like this:

   

5. Comment out the createViewMenu...