Comments on: Tracing Keybindings in Eclipse RCP

By: Adil

Adil — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 05:54:41 +0000

Hey….

Thanks for showing this tip.

I am in the process of debugging why my rcp custom editor does not pick “Ctrl+1″ quick fix key binding.
The quick fix works from the right click menu but not by using the keyboard sequence. We lost this functionality as part of our upgrade from 3.3 to 3.6

Thank you,
Adil

By: Elias

Elias — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:53:43 +0000

@eD: hard to answer without looking at your code. My best guess: assuming you use commands and handlers – I would put breakpoints at the locations below and step through the code once you hit the key shortcut. The actual line numbers may differ if you are not on Eclipse 3.6.

WorkbenchKeyboard [line: 435] – executeCommand(Binding, Event)
Command [line: 457] – executeWithChecks(ExecutionEvent)

I should also mention that we offer hourly developer support, where I and other Eclipse experts look at your code via screensharing and help out.

By: eD

eD — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:56:10 +0000

How about this issue, i execute a key binding and the action works( i can see it in the console and on screen). I do a few things inside my application, then try and do the exact same key binding and it shows it in the console, but no action is executed?

By: Elias

Elias — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:31:05 +0000

Hi Lars,

No problem with citing this in your article. Thanks for the backlink.

By: Lars Vogel

Lars Vogel — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 08:08:21 +0000

Thanks Elias,

that is very useful. I used your information to describe this from the perspective of the Eclipse IDE, you find this here:

http://www.vogella.de/articles/EclipseCodeAccess/article.html#keybindings

I hope it is ok that I used your information.

By: ekke

ekke — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:43:28 +0000

Thanks, elias!

I wasn’t aware of these tracing options. very helpful.