View source for FAQ How do I enable global actions such as Cut, Paste, and Print in my editor?

Your editor's <tt>IEditorActionBarContributor</tt>,
defined in the editor definition in the <tt>plugin.xml</tt> file,
is responsible for enabling global actions. Whenever your editor 
becomes the active part, the method <tt>setActiveEditor</tt> is 
called on the action bar contributor. This is where you can retarget 
the global actions for your editor.  Keep in mind that each editor type 
has only one editor action bar contributor, so you need to update
your actions to reflect the current editor.  In this example, the global
'''Print''' action is being retargeted to the active editor:
<pre>
   IAction print = ...;
   public void setActiveEditor(IEditorPart part) {
      IActionBars bars= getActionBars();
      if (bars == null)
         return;
      print.setEditor(part);
      bars.setGlobalActionHandler(
         IWorkbenchActionConstants.PRINT, print);
      bars.updateActionBars();
   }
</pre>


== See Also ==
[[FAQ How do I hook into global actions, such as Copy and Delete?]]

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