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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<!-- Simple Cheat Sheet -->
<cheatsheet title="Create a plug-in extension">
<!-- Introduction -->
<intro href="/org.eclipse.platform.doc.user/reference/ref-cheatsheets.htm">
<description>
This cheat sheet will demonstrate how to create and test a plug-in extension
using PDE.
<br/>
<br/>
To learn more about using cheat sheets, click the help button
in the top right corner (?).
</description>
</intro>
<!-- Item -->
<item title="Open the plug-in development perspective"
href="/org.eclipse.pde.doc.user/guide/tools/views/views.htm"
dialog="false"
skip="true">
<description>
To open the plug-in development perspective,
select <b>Window->Open Perspective->Other...
and choose <b>Plug-in Development.
<br/>
<br/>
Alternatively, click the following button to perform the task.
</description>
<command serialization="org.eclipse.ui.perspectives.showPerspective(org.eclipse.ui.perspectives.showPerspective.perspectiveId=org.eclipse.pde.ui.PDEPerspective)"/>
</item>
<!-- Item -->
<item title="Open the plug-in editor"
href="/org.eclipse.pde.doc.user/guide/tools/editors/manifest_editor/editor.htm"
dialog="false"
skip="true">
<description>
To open the plug-in editor (if it is not already open),
expand the <b>com.example.helloworld tree dialog
in the <b>Package Explorer view and double-click
on the <b>plugin.xml file (the Extensions page
should be open initially).
<br/>
<br/>
Alternatively, click the following button to perform the task.
</description>
<command serialization="org.eclipse.ui.navigate.openResource(filePath=/com.example.helloworld/plugin.xml)"/>
</item>
<!-- Item -->
<item title="Define a view extension"
href="/org.eclipse.pde.doc.user/guide/tools/editors/manifest_editor/extensions.htm"
dialog="true"
skip="false">
<description>
To define a view extension, perform the following steps:
</description>
<subitem label="Click the "Add" button to open the "New Extension" wizard"
skip="false"/>
<subitem label="Select "org.eclipse.ui.views" from the "Extension Points" list box and click "Finish""
skip="false"/>
</item>
<!-- Item -->
<item title="Add a view category"
href="/org.eclipse.pde.doc.user/guide/tools/editors/manifest_editor/extensions.htm"
dialog="false"
skip="false">
<description>
To define a view category, perform the following steps:
</description>
<subitem label="Select "org.eclipse.ui.views" in the list box under "All Extensions" heading in the "Extensions" page"
skip="false"/>
<subitem label="Right-click and select "New->category" from the context menu"
skip="false"/>
<subitem label="Replace the content of the "id" text box under "Extension Element Details" with "com.example.helloworld.view.helloworldcategory""
skip="false"/>
<subitem label="Replace the content of the "name" text box with "Hello World!""
skip="false"/>
<subitem label="Select "File->Save" from the main menu"
skip="false"/>
</item>
<!-- Item -->
<item title="Add a view"
href="/org.eclipse.pde.doc.user/guide/tools/editors/manifest_editor/extensions.htm"
dialog="false"
skip="false">
<description>
To define a view, perform the following steps:
</description>
<subitem label="Select "org.eclipse.ui.views" in the list box under "All Extensions" heading in the "Extensions" page"
skip="false"/>
<subitem label="Right-click and select "New->view" from the context menu"
skip="false"/>
<subitem label="Replace the content of the "id" text box under "Extension Element Details" with "com.example.helloworld.view.helloworldview""
skip="false"/>
<subitem label="Replace the content of the "name" text box with "Hello World!""
skip="false"/>
<subitem label="Replace the content of the "class" text box with "com.example.helloworld.view.SampleView""
skip="false"/>
<subitem label="Replace the content of the "category" text box with "com.example.helloworld.view.helloworldcategory""
skip="false"/>
<subitem label="Select "File->Save" from the main menu"
skip="false"/>
</item>
<item title="Create a view class"
dialog="true"
skip="false">
<description>
To create a view class, perform the following steps:
</description>
<subitem label="Click the "class" hyperlink under "Extension Element Details" to start the "New Java Class" wizard"
skip="false"/>
<subitem label="Accept the default values and click the "Finish" button to exit the wizard"
skip="false"/>
</item>
<item title="Add view class code"
dialog="false"
skip="false">
<description>
We are now going to add code to our view class to simply
display a "Hello, Eclipse world!" message in the view when
it is opened.
<br/>
<br/>
The previous step should have opened the <b>SampleView class
in a Java editor.
<br/>
<br/>
Add the following lines of code under the pre-generated
<b>createPartControl method:
<br/>
<br/>
Label label = new Label( parent, SWT.LEFT );
<br/>
label.setText( "Hello, Eclipse world!" );
<br/>
<br/>
Note: There will be two import errors to correct.
<br/>
Either add the following import statements manually or
click on the lightbulb icons in the margin of the Java
editor to add them:
<br/>
<br/>
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Label;
<br/>
import org.eclipse.swt.SWT;
<br/>
<br/>
Select "File->Save" from the main menu
</description>
</item>
<item title="Test the plug-in"
dialog="false"
href="/org.eclipse.pde.doc.user/guide/tools/launchers/eclipse_application_launcher.htm"
skip="false">
<description>
To test your Eclipse plug-in inside a target Eclipse platform,
perform the following steps:
</description>
<subitem label="Open the plug-in editor and select the "Overview" tab"
skip="true">
<command serialization="org.eclipse.ui.navigate.openResource(filePath=/com.example.helloworld/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF)"/>
</subitem>
<subitem label="Click the "Launch an Eclipse application" hyperlink under the "Testing" heading"
skip="false"/>
<subitem label="Select "Window->Show View->Other..." from the main menu in the newly launched Eclipse platform"
skip="false"/>
<subitem label="Note the "Hello World!" category and expand its tree dialog"
skip="false"/>
<subitem label="Select the "Hello World!" view and click the "OK" button"
skip="false"/>
<subitem label="Select "File->Exit" from the main menu to exit the target Eclipse platform"
skip="false"/>
</item>
</cheatsheet>
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