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Eclipse - How to contribute action to "New" section in "File" menu?

I develop Eclipse IDE based RCP application. I want to contribute action, for ex. "New Custom Project", and I want that action to be displayed in following way: File > New > New Custom Project. To be specific, I like to add my custom action somewhere like on that picture:

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I know how to add action to File menu, but I don't have any idea how to place it "deeper", in "New" section.

Is there any way to obtain such thing? What locationURI should I use to place my action?

Solution

  • You use the org.eclipse.ui.newWizards extension point to contribute a 'File > New' wizard.

    <extension point="org.eclipse.ui.newWizards"> 
  <category 
    id="com.xyz.XYZ.Web" 
    name="Web Wizards" 
  </category> 
  <wizard 
      id="com.xyz.wizard1" 
      name="XYZ artifact" 
      category="com.xyz.XYZ.Web" 
      icon="./icons/XYZwizard1.png"
      class="com.xyz.XYZWizard1"> 
      <description> 
          Create a simple XYZ artifact and set initial content 
      </description> 
       <selection class="org.eclipse.core.resources.IResource"/>          
  </wizard> 
 </extension>

    Once you have defined a new wizard you can add it to the 'shortcuts' list you show for a specific perspective using the newWizardShortcut element of the org.eclipse.ui.perspectiveExtensions extension point.

    <extension point="org.eclipse.ui.perspectiveExtensions"> 
    <perspectiveExtension 
        targetID="org.eclipse.ui.resourcePerspective"> 
        <newWizardShortcut id="com.xyz.wizard1"/> 
    </perspectiveExtension> 
</extension>

    Note that you might have to reset or customize the perspective to get the new definitions picked up.