Question

I have an sample editor which opens up by selecting an action from a sample Menu created in the menu bar.

How do i associate this editor with a file in Project explorer view?

I mean if i double click on the file in project explorer view , the editor should spawn up.

Basically i want this editor to work like a regular eclipse editor.

Please let me know your suggestions or any online material which explains the framework on how to achieve this.

Thanks,
Karthik

Answer 1

Have a look at IWorkbenchPage.openEditor(IEditorInput input, String editorId). Here you specify the input object of the editor and the ID for the editor.

In a RCP application, the IEditorInput is usually made up by you – nothing fancy is needed unless you want to persist the editors – and ID is specified via the org.eclipse.ui.editors.