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Eclipse Plug-in Developer Guide
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Search Pages

Identifier:
org.eclipse.search.searchPages

Description:
This extension point allows a plug-in to register search pages for specialized searches. When the search action is performed on a resource, the search infrastructure locates the most specific registered search page for it.

Configuration Markup:

<!ELEMENT extension ( page*)>

<!ATTLIST extension

point CDATA #REQUIRED

id    CDATA #IMPLIED

name  CDATA #IMPLIED

>

  • point - a fully qualified identifier of the target extension point
  • id - an optional identifier of the extension instance
  • name - an optional name of the extension instance

<!ELEMENT page EMPTY>

<!ATTLIST page

id                         CDATA #REQUIRED

label                      CDATA #REQUIRED

class                      CDATA #REQUIRED

icon                       CDATA #IMPLIED

sizeHint                   CDATA #IMPLIED

tabPosition                CDATA #IMPLIED

extensions                 CDATA #IMPLIED

searchViewHelpContextId    CDATA #IMPLIED

showScopeSection           (true | false)

enabled                    (true | false)

canSearchEnclosingProjects (true | false)

>

  • id - a unique name that will be used to identify this search page
  • label - a translatable label that will be used in the search page tab
  • class - a name of the class which implements org.eclipse.search.ui.ISearchPage. We recommend subclassing org.eclipse.jface.dialogs.DialogPage.
  • icon - a relative name of the image that will be used for all resources that match the specified extensions. If omitted, the search page's tab will only contain a label.
  • sizeHint - a hint for the initial size of the page. This is a string containing the width and height separated by comma (e.g. "50, 60"). In the case this hint is omitted the page will be no larger than the other pages.
  • tabPosition - an integer defining where the page is placed in the page book. The value does not define the absolute position but the position relative to the other pages. The ordering of pages is as follows:
    1. if neither page defines the tab position then they are ordered alphabetically according to their labels
    2. if both pages have the tab position specified then the page with the lower value comes first. If the values are equal then the pages are treated as if the values would not exist (see 1.)
    3. if only one page has the value specified then this page comes first
  • extensions - a comma separated list with file extensions on which the search page can operate. Each extension must also include a weight (0 meaning lowest weight) which enables the search infrastructure to find the best fitting page. The weight is separated from the extension by a colon. If a search page can search all possible resources then "*" can be used.
  • searchViewHelpContextId - an optional help context ID of the Search view displaying results of this page. If this attribute is missing then the default search help context ID (org.eclipse.search.search_view_context) is used.
  • showScopeSection - If this attribute is missing or set to "false", then the scope section is not shown in the Search dialog. To see the scope section, this attribute has to be set to "true". Plug-ins which add their own Search page and want to see the scope section have to add this to their plugin.xml.
  • enabled - If this attribute is missing or set to "false", then the page is not initially shown in the Search dialog. The page can be activated by the user via the "Customize..." button on the Search dialog.
  • canSearchEnclosingProjects - If this attribute is missing or set to "false", the "Enclosing Projects" search scope is not shown in the search dialog's scope part. If the attribute "showScopeSection" is missing or set to "false", this attribute will be ignored.

Examples:
The following is an example of a search page extension definition:


   <extension point=
"org.eclipse.search.searchPages"
> 
      <page 
         id=
"org.eclipse.search.ui.text.TextSearchPage"
 
         label=
"Text Search"
 
         icon=
"icons/full/obj16/tsearch_pref.gif"
 
         sizeHint=
"250,160"
 
         tabPosition=
"1"
 
         extensions=
"*:1"
 
         showScopeSection=
"true"

         class=
"org.eclipse.search.ui.text.TextSearchPage"
>
      </page> 
   </extension> 

Supplied Implementation:
The search infrastructure provides a search page for full-text search.


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