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Bug 368520 - Pls simplify adding properties views
Summary: Pls simplify adding properties views
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Graphiti
Classification: Modeling
Component: Core (show other bugs)
Version: 0.8.0   Edit
Hardware: All All
: P4 enhancement (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
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Reported: 2012-01-13 04:20 EST by Ingo Mohr CLA
Modified: 2017-08-07 11:21 EDT (History)
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Description Ingo Mohr CLA 2012-01-13 04:20:23 EST 
Build Identifier: 0.8.1.v20110907-0857

Currently you have to know how Graphiti includes support for property views (via org.eclipse.ui.views.properties.tabbed.propertyContributor and the corresponding category name).
It would be better if Graphiti would provide its own extension point(s) to add property views - it might be only for "delegation" purposes, but it would be more transparent to the developer.
Otherwise: pls improve the documentation.

Reproducible: Always
Comment 1 Michael Wenz CLA 2012-01-17 11:06:31 EST 
Since the Graphiti framework focuses on providing the stuff needed for working with diagrams and leaves the rest to Eclipse (plus other projects), it would not really fit into the concept to re-provide an Eclipse extension point.
But right, the documentation in this area is really not enough, this should be improved.
For the time being there is some basic documentation on our FAQ: http://www.eclipse.org/graphiti/developers/faq.php (section "How do i build an editable property sheet?").
Comment 2 Ingo Mohr CLA 2017-07-12 18:02:19 EDT 
Not required anymore for our work.
I suggest to close this as "outdated" or "won't do".

Thanks for the discussion, anyway :)
Comment 3 Michael Wenz CLA 2017-08-07 11:21:23 EDT 
Thanks Ingo for the update. Since there are no further requestors, I do as you suggested.

Michael