Eclipse4/RCP/Modeled UI/Best Practices

Use Eclipse 3.x Element Identifiers

We recommend that, where possible, you use elementIds that correspond to equivalent concepts in Eclipse 3.x. Certain Eclipse 4 addons will make use of these identifiers, such as the Eclipse 4 UI Cocoa Support (found in bundle org.eclipse.e4.ui.workbench.renderers.swt.cocoa).

The following list of known identifiers is not meant to be exhaustive:

• Commands identifiers:
  • Save: org.eclipse.ui.file.save
  • Save All: org.eclipse.ui.file.saveAll
  • Undo: org.eclipse.ui.edit.undo
  • Redo: org.eclipse.ui.edit.redo
  • Cut: org.eclipse.ui.edit.cut
  • Copy: org.eclipse.ui.edit.copy
  • Paste: org.eclipse.ui.edit.paste
  • Delete: org.eclipse.ui.edit.delete
  • Import: org.eclipse.ui.file.import
  • Export: org.eclipse.ui.file.export
  • Select All: org.eclipse.ui.edit.selectAll
  • About: org.eclipse.ui.help.aboutAction
  • Preferences: org.eclipse.ui.window.preferences
  • Exit: org.eclipse.ui.file.exit
• Menu identifiers:
  • Top-level menu bar: menu:org.eclipse.ui.main.menu
• ToolBar identifiers:
  • Top-level ToolBar: toolbar:org.eclipse.ui.main.toolbar