Informal Technical Blog

Sometimes we need to remove the QuickAccess widget from Eclipse RCP application. Even after following below steps Ctrl + 3 will work. Add these dependency in your eclipse rcp plugin org.eclipse.e4.ui.model.workbench org.eclipse.e4.ui.workbench org.eclipse.e4.core.contexts In ApplicationWorkbenchWindowAdvisor, in postWindowOpen add these statements at end IWorkbenchWindow window = PlatformUI.getWorkbench().getActiveWorkbenchWindow(); if (window instanceof WorkbenchWindow) { MWindow mWindow = ((WorkbenchWindow) window).getModel(); EModelService modelService = mWindow.getContext().get(EModelService.class); MToolControl searchField = (MToolControl)modelService.find("SearchField", mWindow); if (searchField != null) { searchField.setToBeRendered(false); } }

Sometimes in table viewer icon decoration is not possible. We can create overlay icons and return them in class ITableLabelProvider method's - public Image getColumnImage(Object element, int columnIndex) will be enough ImageDescriptor desc = Activator.getImageDescriptor(....); // It take String (Image Path) if (desc != null) { DecorationOverlayIcon decoratedImage = new DecorationOverlayIcon(image, desc, IDecoration.BOTTOM_LEFT); if (decoratedImage != null) { return decoratedImage.createImage(); } }