FAQ How do I add label decorations to my viewer?

Suppose that your viewer contains model elements for which other plug-ins have defined label decorators. To make those decorations appear in your viewer, you need to install a decorating label provider. Assuming that you have already written your own basic label provider, simply do the following to add declarative decorations from other plug-ins:

   ILabelProvider lp = ... // your basic label provider implementing ILabelProvider
   ILabelDecorator decorator = PlatformUI.getWorkbench().getDecoratorManager().getLabelDecorator();
   viewer.setLabelProvider(new DecoratingLabelProvider(lp, decorator));

See Also:

• FAQ What is a label decorator?
• FAQ How do I create a label decorator declaratively?

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