The Eclipse UI consists of multiple views, which are the rectangular areas that display content, such as the Outline, Console, or Package Explorer. In Eclipse 3.x, views are created by adding an extension point to an existing plug-in, or using a template. A clock.ui
plug-in will be created to host the clock widgets and views.
Open the plug-in wizard by navigating to File | New | Other | Plug-in Project. Enter the details as follows:
Set Project name to
com.packtpub.e4.clock.ui
.Ensure that Use default location is selected.
Ensure that Create a Java project is selected.
The Eclipse Version should be targeted to 3.5 or greater.
Click on Next again, and fill in the plug-in properties:
Set ID to
com.packtpub.e4.clock.ui
.Set Version to
1.0.0.qualifier
.Set Name to Clock.
Set Vendor to PacktPub.
Ensure that Generate an Activator is selected.
Set the Activator to
com.packtpub.e4.clock.ui.Activator
.Ensure that This plug-in will make contributions to the UI is selected.
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