[Qt-creator] One submenu for two plugins?

[Ziller Eike]

On 22.05.2013, at 11:41, Thomas Meyer <public at meyer-thomas.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> I want to have the menu 'Tools' -> 'Kepler'.
> With one plugin I want to add the action 'Ellipse Orbit...'
> and with another plugin I want o add the action 'Eccentric Anomaly...'?
> 
> In the eccentric anomaly plugin I have in the 'intialize' function the code:
> ...
>         QAction *action = new QAction(tr("Eccentric Anomaly..."), this);
>     Core::Command *cmd = Core::ActionManager::registerAction(action,
>                                                              Constants::ACTION_ID,
>                                                              Core::Context(Core::Constants::C_GLOBAL));
>     cmd->setDefaultKeySequence(QKeySequence(tr("Ctrl+Alt+Meta+A")));
>     connect(action, SIGNAL(triggered()),
>             this, SLOT(showEccAnomDialog()));
>     
>     Core::ActionContainer *menu = Core::ActionManager::createMenu(Constants::MENU_ID);
>     menu->menu()->setTitle(tr("Kepler"));
>     menu->addAction(cmd);
>     Core::ActionManager::actionContainer(Core::Constants::M_TOOLS)->addMenu(menu
> );
> ...
> 
> 
> 
> Similar in the ellipse orbit plugin.
> So, I get two 'Kepler' submenus, but I want only one.
> How can I reach this?

Usually we have a single plugin creating the menu, and the other depending on that plugins. If that doesn't fit your case, you can of course do

Core::ActionContainer *menu = Core::ActionManager::actionContainer(Constants::MENU_ID);
if (!menu) {
    menu = Core::ActionManager::createMenu(Constants::MENU_ID);
    menu->menu()->setTitle(tr("Kepler"));
}

in both plugins.

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