Eclipse RCP，向编辑器添加新的视图

Question

How is it possible to put a View into an Editor. Something like:

public class Perspective implements IPerspectiveFactory {
public static final String ID = "com.example.gui.perspective";
public void createInitialLayout(IPageLayout layout) {
    layout.setEditorAreaVisible(true);
    String editorArea = layout.getEditorArea(); 
    layout.addView(View.ID, IPageLayout.TOP, 0.6f, IPageLayout.ID_EDITOR_AREA);    
... 
}

But there are only IPageLayout.TOP, IPageLayout.BOTTOM, IPageLayout.LEFT and IPageLayout.RIGHT options. I want to put it inside. How is it possible?

Answer 1

It is impossible. Eclipse clearly distinguishes the editor area , which contains only editors , from all other areas, which contain only views .

Answer 2

You tell Eclipse about an editor using the org.eclipse.ui.editors extension point:

<extension
     point="org.eclipse.ui.editors">
  <editor
        name="Sample Multi-page Editor"
        extensions="mpe"
        icon="icons/sample.gif"
        contributorClass="tested.editors.MultiPageEditorContributor"
        class="tested.editors.MultiPageEditor"
        id="tested.editors.MultiPageEditor">
  </editor>
</extension>

Answer 3

It is impossible. You can add a view in a perspective when you initialize the perspective.

However, I think it's possible to notify the perspective to add a view when you initialize the editor.