Launch Groups

Since: 2.1

Description: This extension point provides support for defining a group of launch configurations to be viewed together in the launch configuration dialog, and support a launch history (recent and favorite launches).

Configuration Markup:

   <!ELEMENT extension EMPTY>

   <!ATTLIST extension
     point CDATA #REQUIRED
     id    CDATA #IMPLIED
     name  CDATA #IMPLIED
   >

• point - a fully qualified identifier of the target extension point
• id - an optional identifier of the extension instance
• name - an optional name of the extension instance

   <!ELEMENT launchGroup EMPTY>

   <!ATTLIST launchGroup
     id          CDATA #REQUIRED
     mode        CDATA #REQUIRED
     category    CDATA #IMPLIED
     label       CDATA #REQUIRED
     image       CDATA #REQUIRED
     bannerImage CDATA #REQUIRED
     public      CDATA #IMPLIED
   >

• id - specifies a unique identifier for this launch group.
• mode - specifies the launch mode associated with this group - i.e. run or debug.
• category - specifies the category of launch configurations in this group. When unspecified, the category is null.
• label - specifies a translatable label used to render this group.
• image - specifies a plug-in relative path to an image used to render this group in trees, lists, tabs, etc.
• bannerImage - specifies a plug-in relative path to an image used to render this group in a wizard or dialog banner area.
• public - specifies whether this launch group is public and should be have a visible launch history tab in the debug preferences. The implied value is true, when not specified.

 <extension point="org.eclipse.debug.ui.launchGroups">
  <launchGroup
     id="com.example.ExampleLaunchGroupId"
     mode="run"
     label="Run"
     icon="icons\run.gif"
     bannerImage="icons\runBanner.gif">
  </launchGroup>
 </extension>