How to add a submenu entry to Eclipse Package Explorer context menu item using org.eclipse.ui.menus?

Question

I am trying to add a submenu entry to an item from the context menu of the Eclipse Package Explorer.

The menu entry is already defined via org.eclipse.ui.popupMenus in another plugin, not in the one that I am working at. (That plugin is added to the dependencies list of my plugin). There are also items added in its submenu, but also using org.eclipse.ui.popupMenus, and I am trying to do this via org.eclipse.ui.menus.

To begin with, I did the following:

I added org.eclipse.ui.commands and org.eclipse.ui.menus extensions.
I defined a command , respectively a menuContribution like this:

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This adds the item in any context menu... So I would have to replace "org.eclipse.ui.popup.any?after=additions" from the locationURI with the id of the submenu I want my item to appear in.

My problem is: how to determine a correct locationURI? I used the menu spy (ALT+SHIFT+F2) and inspected the submenu I want to contribute to, and I received the following URI:

menu:YYY?after=ZZZ, where:

YYY is the id of the menu that is already defined and to which I want to add the submenu item ZZZ is the id of the action from the submenu, that I clicked upon (using the spy)

I tryied the following, but the submenu item does not appear:

menu:YYY[?after=additions]
popup:YYY[?after=additions]

Please help :)

Yes, I have tried that too, and it didn't help. But I have just managed to make it work. I had to define a new menu contribution and a menu having the same id and label as the menu already defined - YYY & YYY's label, like this: <menuContribution locationURI="popup:org.eclipse.ui.navigator.ProjectExplorer#PopupMenu?after=additions"> <menu id="YYY" label="YYYs_label"> </menu> </menuContribution> With this, and replacing the locationURI with: "popup:YYY?after=additions" now it works. I don't know if this is the right way to do it, but it works. — catalina
– catalina, Commented Sep 27, 2012 at 13:23
...and thanks a lot for your interest and for trying to help me :) — catalina
– catalina, Commented Sep 27, 2012 at 13:24
you are most welcome. I am glad you made it work. btw, you can add an answer yourself and accept it, I guess this is encouraged to make it easier for others to know the answer if they face the same problem — mhussein
– mhussein, Commented Sep 27, 2012 at 19:14

catalina · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-28 07:44:06Z

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I managed to make it work by defining a new menu contribution and a menu having the same id and label as the menu already defined. The final solution looks like this:

<extension point="org.eclipse.ui.menus">
  <menuContribution
        locationURI="popup:org.eclipse.ui.navigator.ProjectExplorer#PopupMenu?after=additions">
     <menu
           id="YYY"
           label="%YYYs_label">
     </menu>
  </menuContribution>
  <menuContribution
        locationURI="popup:YYY?after=additions">
     <command
           commandId="example.MyCommandHandlerID"
           icon="icons/somePhoto.gif"
           label="MyLabel"
           style="push">
     </command>
  </menuContribution>
</extension>

answered Sep 28, 2012 at 7:44

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2 Comments

Paul Webster Over a year ago

This is the only workaround. org.eclipse.ui.menus contributions are applied before any of the legacy action extensions, like org.eclipse.ui.actionSets or org.eclipse.ui.popupMenus.

Brad Mace Over a year ago

the URI for the Package Explorer's context menu is popup:org.eclipse.jdt.ui.PackageExplorer?after=additions

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