Question

I created 2 views. In the View 1 there is a button B 1 and upon button click View 1 gets hidden and View 2 opens.

But View 2 shows the close option to the user. I want this close option to be disabled. (The X mark at top right of window)

Below is my code snippet:

IWorkbenchPage activePage = PlatformUI.getWorkbench().getActiveWorkbenchWindow().getActivePage();

IViewReference viewToClose = activePage.findViewReference(viewIdToClose);
activePage.hideView(viewToClose);
try {
    activePage.showView(viewIdToOpen);
} catch (PartInitException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
}

How can I disable the close option in View 2?

Answer 1

Place the view using org.eclipse.ui.perspectiveExtensions extension point and just set the closeable attribute to false.