Property Tabs

org.eclipse.wst.common.ui.properties.propertyTabs

This extension point is part of an interim API that is still under development and expected to change significantly before reaching stability. It is being made available at this early stage to solicit feedback from pioneering adopters on the understanding that any code that uses this API will almost certainly be broken (repeatedly) as the API evolves.

Describes a list of tabs that will be contributed to the tabbed property sheet page.

<!ELEMENT extension (propertyTabs)>

<!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 propertyTabs (propertyTab+)>

<!ATTLIST propertyTabs

contributorId CDATA #REQUIRED>

contributorId - The unique identifier of the property sheet page contributor.

<!ELEMENT propertyTab EMPTY>

<!ATTLIST propertyTab

label CDATA #REQUIRED

category CDATA #REQUIRED

afterTab CDATA #IMPLIED

id CDATA #REQUIRED>

label - The label to be displayed on the tab.
category - The category used to group tabs.
afterTab - When there is more than one tab in a category, tabs are sorted by the afterTab attribute.
id - The unique id for the tab.

   <extension
         point=
"org.eclipse.wst.common.ui.properties.propertyTabs"
>
      <propertyTabs
            contributorId=
"org.eclipse.gef.examples.logicdesigner.LogicEditor"
>
         <propertyTab
               label=
"Location"

               category=
"other"
 
               id=
"logic.tab.Location"
/>
         <propertyTab
               label=
"Size"

               category=
"other"

               aftertab=
"logic.tab.Location"

               id=
"logic.tab.Size"
/>
         <propertyTab
               label=
"Element"

               category=
"element"

               id=
"logic.tab.Element"
/>
      </propertyTabs>
   </extension>

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Property Tabs

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