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Bug 27406

Summary:	Should consider using the new font propogation support
Product:	[Eclipse Project] JDT	Reporter:	Tod Creasey <Tod_Creasey>
Component:	Text	Assignee:	Dani Megert <daniel_megert>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	P3
Version:	2.1
Target Milestone:	2.1 M5
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows XP
Whiteboard:
Bug Depends on:	28725
Bug Blocks:	31067, 31156

Description Tod Creasey

2002-11-29 10:53:34 EST

20021126

As of build 20021203 the eclipse workbench will now support declarative fonts. 
This will eliminate the need for the PropogatingFontFieldEditor.

There is a new extension point fontDefinition for defining fonts so that they 
can be viewed and managed by the workbench fonts preference page. There is 
also a defaultTo attribute which when set keeps the entry for the 
fontDefinition consistent with the defaultsTo entry if the preference for the 
fontDefinition is not set.

For example if a font called org.eclipse.myplugin.textfont had a defaultsTo of 
org.eclipse.jface.textfont the value in the font registry for 
org.eclipse.myplugin.textfont will be the same as the value for 
org.eclipse.jface.textfont until the user sets a preference for 
org.eclipse.myplugin.textfont .

see the org_eclipse_ui.fontDefinition doc for more details

Comment 1 Dani Megert

2002-12-19 02:45:08 EST

Tod,

what is the best way to be informed about font changes? Normally an editor from
plug-in X only listens to preference changes of plug-in X's store. Is there an
easier way than adding an additional listener to the Workbench's store (just for
the font)?

Comment 2 Dani Megert

2002-12-19 03:05:17 EST

I guess best way is to add a listener to the font registry - right?

Comment 3 Dani Megert

2002-12-20 08:25:13 EST

Fixed.
Available in builds > 20021218

Note: I had to add a little hack in UIPlugin (see bug 28725).

Comment 4 Dani Megert

2003-01-06 05:17:53 EST

Verified that workaround has been removed.