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Platform UI consists of several components, which provide the basic building blocks for user interfaces built with Eclipse. Some of these can be reused in arbitrary applications, while others are specific to the Eclipse IDE.
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Two of the
Platform UI components
form
the [[Rich Client Platform]]
UI. These
are
[[JFace]] and the [[Workbench]]. JFace and the Workbench can be used
to
build arbitrary applications, not just
the Eclipse IDE
. The Eclipse IDE is just one instance of an RCP application, but it demonstrates the power and extensibility achievable by RCP applications
.
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Platform UI
consists of many
components
. They provide
the
basic building blocks for user interfaces built with Eclipse. Some of these can be reused in arbitrary applications (
[[Rich Client Platform]]
), while others
are
specific
to the Eclipse IDE.
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Platform UI also provides the IDE application plug-in, which instantiates and configures the Generic Workbench to form the IDE Workbench, on top of which lies the rest of the Eclipse IDE Platform and the Eclipse SDK (including the Java Development Tools and Plug-in Development Environment). Unlike the Generic Workbench, the IDE application plug-in is intended only for use in the IDE Platform, and is not designed as a reusable component for use in other RCP applications.
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== Components ==
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Platform UI
does, however, provide some other
components
that can be reused
in
other RCP
applications
. These are:
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* [[Eclipse4|Eclipse 4]] - Integrating work from the e4 incubator into the Eclipse platform
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* [[Rich Client
Platform
|RCP]] - Packages
UI components
for use
in
non-IDE
applications
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* [[Workbench]] - Provides UI structure
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* [[JFace]] - A UI tooklit with SWT based views
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* [[Common Navigator Framework]] - Assists with UI navigation of content
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* the Outline and Properties views
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== What's New ==
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* the Console view (owned by [[Debug]])
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* [[Platform_UI/Plan/4.2|4.2 Plan]]
- Milestone
-level plan for the 4.2 release.
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* the Welcome Page / Intro support, with guided assistance (owned by [[User Assistance]])
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* [[
Eclipse4
/
API|Eclipse 4 APIs
]]
- Developing Eclipse 4 APIs
for the
Kepler release
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* Cheat Sheets, which guide the user through a long-running, multi-step task (owned by [[User Assistance]])
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* [[Common Navigator Framework]] and default instance ("Project Explorer")
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* [[Platform Text]] generic support for text editors and annotations
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For more details on the Rich Client Platform and other components available for use in RCP applications, see the [[Rich Client Platform|RCP Home Page]] and the [[RCP FAQ]].
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Links of general interest:
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* [[Platform_UI/Plan/4.2|
Platform UI
4.2 Plan]]
shows our milestone
-level plan for the 4.2 release.
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* [[
Platform UI
/
New Extension Point
]]
contains some hints and tips for those developing new extension points
for the
workbench.
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* [[Platform UI/ResourceNavigator]] ResourceNavigator end of life plan.
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