Action Definitions

Identifier: org.eclipse.ui.actionDefinitions

Description: This extension point is used to register action definitions. Accelerators (see the Accelerator Sets extension point) use action defintions to reference actions. An action associates itself with a given accelerator by registering with that accelerator's associated action definition. An action registers itself with an action definition by calling the setActionDefinitionId(String id) method and supplying the action definition's id as an argument.

Since: Release 2.0

Configuration Markup:

   <!ELEMENT actionDefintion EMPTY>
   <!ATTLIST actionDefinition
      id    CDATA #REQUIRED
   >

id - a unique name that can be used to identify this action.
NOTE - other attributes may be added in the future, as needed.

Examples:

Following is an example of an action definition extension:

   <extension point="org.eclipse.ui.actionDefinitions">
      <actionDefinition
        id="org.eclipse.ui.file.save"
      </actionDefinition>
      <actionDefinition
        id="org.eclipse.ui.file.saveAll"
      </actionDefinition>
      <actionDefinition
        id="org.eclipse.ui.file.close"
      </actionDefinition>
      <actionDefinition
        id="org.eclipse.ui.file.closeAll"
      </actionDefinition>
      <actionDefinition
        id="org.eclipse.ui.file.print"
      </actionDefinition>
   </extension>

API Information: The methods public void setActionDefinitionId(String id) and public String getActionDefinitionId() have been added to IAction.

Supplied Implementation: The workbench provides many action definitions.