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| = DevFaqActionsFolder |
| :jbake-type: wiki |
| :jbake-tags: wiki, devfaq, needsreview |
| :jbake-status: published |
| :keywords: Apache NetBeans wiki DevFaqActionsFolder |
| :description: Apache NetBeans wiki DevFaqActionsFolder |
| :toc: left |
| :toc-title: |
| :syntax: true |
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| === What is the Actions folder in the system filesystem, and why should I use it? |
| |
| When you use @ActionRegistration the META-INF/generated-layer.xml may contain: |
| |
| [source,xml] |
| ---- |
| |
| <folder name="Actions"> |
| <folder name="Build"> |
| <file name="com-foo-SomeAction.instance"/> |
| </folder> |
| </folder> |
| <folder name="Menu"> |
| <folder name="Build"> |
| <file name="pointerToComFooSomeAction.shadow"> |
| <attr name="originalFile" stringvalue="Actions/Build/com-foo-SomeAction.instance"/> |
| </file> |
| </folder> |
| </folder> |
| |
| ---- |
| |
| And you may have noticed that actions are usually put, not directly into the `Menu/` folders, but into subfolders of this `Actions/` folder. Then we create link:DevFaqDotShadowFiles.asciidoc[.shadow files ] that act like symbolic links, pointing to the real link:DevFaqInstanceDataObject.asciidoc[.instance file ]. Why all this indirection? |
| |
| Older versions of the NetBeans UI included the ability to rearrange, and even delete, whole menus or individual menu items, and future ones may again. |
| (Many applications built on NetBeans will not want to expose such customizability, but some do.) |
| The current UI does include a key binding editor; |
| the `Actions/` folder can be used from this editor to list available actions, even those which are not currently bound to any keystroke. |
| |
| Additionally, for actions which are `javax.swing.Action` but not `SystemAction`, |
| creating the action instance in only a single place |
| ensures that it acts as a singleton. |
| (While the action class likely has no declared instance fields, |
| it does have some state, |
| notably information about keyboard accelerators which should be displayed in menu presenters.) |
| |
| <hr/> |
| |
| Applies to: NetBeans 6.7 and above |
| |
| === Apache Migration Information |
| |
| The content in this page was kindly donated by Oracle Corp. to the |
| Apache Software Foundation. |
| |
| This page was exported from link:http://wiki.netbeans.org/DevFaqActionsFolder[http://wiki.netbeans.org/DevFaqActionsFolder] , |
| that was last modified by NetBeans user Jglick |
| on 2011-12-14T00:09:39Z. |
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| *NOTE:* This document was automatically converted to the AsciiDoc format on 2018-02-07, and needs to be reviewed. |