Font Definitions

Identifier:
org.eclipse.ui.fontDefinitions

Since:
Release 2.1

Description:
This extension point is used to register fonts with the JFace FontRegistry and with the workbench preference store for use by the Fonts preference page. This extension point has been deprecated in 3.0. You should now add fontDefinition elements to org.eclipse.ui.themes.

Configuration Markup:

<!ELEMENT extension (fontDefinition*)>

<!ATTLIST extension

point CDATA #REQUIRED

id    CDATA #IMPLIED

name  CDATA #IMPLIED>


<!ELEMENT fontDefinition (description?)>

<!ATTLIST fontDefinition

id         CDATA #REQUIRED

label      CDATA #REQUIRED

value      CDATA #IMPLIED

categoryId CDATA #IMPLIED

defaultsTo CDATA #IMPLIED>


<!ELEMENT description (#PCDATA)>

a short description of the fonts usage



Examples:
Following is an example of an a font definition extension:


   <extension point="org.eclipse.ui.fontDefinition"> 
      <fontDefinition 
         id="org.eclipse.examples.textFont" 
         label="Text"> 
         <description>
            The text font
         </description>
      </fontDefinition> 

      <fontDefinition 
        id="org.eclipse.examples.userFont" 
        label="User"
        defaultsTo="org.eclipse.jface.textFont"> 
        <description>
           The user font
        </description>
      </fontDefinition> 
   </extension> 

Supplied Implementation:
The workbench provides the font definitions for the text, dialog, banner and header fonts.


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