The widget palette contains all the predefined eleven types of the
widgets. You can also extend the widget palette with your own widgets. Perform
the following steps to get the overall understanding of this function:
- 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.widgets to the Extensions.
- Deselect the Show only extension points from the required plug-ins check
box, and input the extension name in the Extension Point filter field
as highlighted in the following figure.
- Select com.ibm.btt.rcp.xui.editor.widgets, and
click Finish. If there is dependencies prompt popping
out as shown in the following figure, click Yes.
- Right click the extension name, and click as shown in the following figure.
- Specify the name, icon, and class for the new widget. See the following
figure for example.
- Run the plug-in project as Eclipse Application, and the newly created
widget is displayed in the new palette. A simple sample of creating the widget
is provided in the Reference section.