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Eclipse plug-in where to create resources ans dispose them

General question when developing a eclipse plugin which is exported as a product and deployable plug-in (jar). Where is the best place to create resources (Colors etc.) and dispose them? Tried it in the start() of the Activator class. Problem is i cant get the Display object there.

Also tried it in ApplicationWorkbenchWindowAdvisorwhere i can Access the Display via PlatformUI.getWorkbench().getDisplay(). This class gets only called when the plug-in is exported as a product.

Solution

  • For colors and fonts you can use the 'org.eclipse.ui.themes' extension point. Eclipse will then manage these resources for you. This also allows the user to customize the values in 'Preferences > General > Appearance > Colors and Fonts'.

    To get a colors and fonts defined using the extension point use:

    ITheme theme = PlatformUI.getWorkbench().getThemeManager().getCurrentTheme();

Color color = theme.getColorRegistry().get("color id");

Font font = theme.getFontRegistry().get("font id");