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When Debugging code in my language (my own IProcess, IThread etc) I can go to the Variables view. However, I see a bunch of Java-related GUI options in there (pull-down menu etc). These language-specific GUI options should only be visible when I am debugging an IProcess/IThread/IDebugTarget for that programming language. The way it is today, the set of user GUI controls will be the sum of all GUI controls of all languages installed via plugins. That is confusing. If I use Eclipse for Java, PHP and Eiffel I have different project natures / perspectives for editing, so when Debugging one expects this modality to be respected as well. (You can see this bug report as a feature request instead of a bug if you consider "confusing GUI" not as a bug but as a subject for extra features.)
The debugger does have the notion of debug action groups. See Window>Preferences>Debug>Debug Action Groups. Using this preference you can turn off the Java debug actions. As well you can create your own action groups for other languages. We acknowledge that this is only a partial solution.
We are planning to investigate scalability issues in 2.2 - actions, views, launch configs, etc.
Thanks for considering it. Changing on-the-fly based on the selection on the Tree pane on the top left would be a lot better than Window>Preferences>Debug>Debug Action Groups. By the way, what is the extension point for showing up at Window>Preferences>Debug>Debug Action Groups ? I have the PHP plug-in and it does not show up at Window>Preferences>Debug>Debug Action Groups. I'd like to know what extension point it is so I can put my own language there. I have my own special STEP button which is not needed when debugging other languages, so I guess for now (2.1) I will have to settle for Window>Preferences>Debug>Debug Action Groups. Thanks in advance.
Answering my own question, in case it helps others - The extension point for Window>Preferences>Debug>Debug Action Groups is org.eclipse.debug.ui.debugActionGroups Special thanks to Eduardo Pereira for answering the question.
Window>Preferences>Debug>Debug Action Groups does not remove the menu actions under the Run menu. This means that the user may end up seeing 3 menu options called "Watch" (one for Java, one for PHP, one for Eiffel for example). Window>Preferences>Debug>Debug Action Groups should also hide the menus under Run. The JDT menu options under Run don't go away regardless of Window>Preferences>Debug>Debug Action Groups. Is this an Eclipse limitation or a JDT "bug", not registering those actions as debug actions that can be hidden ?
See bug 22818.
This should be addressed by debug contexts. Marking as dup. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 36495 ***
