Marker Help
Identifier:
org.eclipse.ui.ide.markerHelp
Since:
3.0 (originally added in release 2.0 as org.eclipse.ui.markerHelp)
Description:
This extension point is used to associate a help context id with a specific "kind" of marker (a marker of a certain type or having certain attribute values).
Configuration Markup:
<!ELEMENT extension (
markerHelp*)>
<!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 markerHelp (
attribute*)>
<!ATTLIST markerHelp
markerType IDREF #IMPLIED
helpContextId CDATA #REQUIRED
>
-
markerType - the unique type of the marker for which the help context applies.
-
helpContextId - the unique id of the help context.
<!ELEMENT attribute EMPTY>
<!ATTLIST attribute
name CDATA #REQUIRED
value CDATA #REQUIRED
>
-
name - the name of the attribute whose value is being specified.
-
value - the specified value of the attribute.
Examples:
The following is an example of a marker help extension (note the sub-element and the way attributes are used):
<extension point=
"org.eclipse.ui.ide.markerHelp"
>
<markerHelp
markerType=
"org.eclipse.ui.examples.readmetool.readmemarker"
helpContextId=
"org.eclipse.ui.examples.readmetool.marker_example1_context"
>
<attribute name=
"org.eclipse.ui.examples.readmetool.id"
value=
"1234"
/>
</markerHelp>
</extension>
In the example above, a help context id is associated with markers of type org.eclipse.ui.examples.readmetool.readmemarker
whose org.eclipse.ui.examples.readmetool.id attribute has a value of 1234.
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