The Properties view can be extended according to the customization
of the widget. So you can have the personalized Property Descriptor classes
for the new widget properties. To extend the Properties view, you need to
do the following functions:
- In the Eclipse, create a new Plug-in Project.
- In the Extensions tab of the MANIFEST.MF, click Add to
add com.ibm.btt.rcp.xui.editor.properties to the Extensions.
- Clear the Show only extension points from the required plug-ins check
box, and enter the extension name in the Extension Point filter field
as highlighted in the following screen capture:
- Select com.ibm.btt.rcp.xui.editor.properties, and
click Finish. If New plug-in dependency dialog opens,
click Yes. The following screen capture shows the New
plug-in dependency dialog.
- Right-click the extension name, and click , as shown in the following screen
capture:
- Specify the name, icon, and class.
- Run the plug-in project as Eclipse Application, and the newly created
property is displayed in the Properties view of widgets. To get more information
about how to extend the property, refer to Extending the widget and the property