Eclipse RCP MessageConsole: How to allow user to input and handle this listener?

Question

I\'m writing an eclipse-plugin which creating a new Console. Please see my source code:

IWorkbenchPage page = PlatformUI.getWorkbench().getActiveWorkbenchWindow(         


        

Answer 1

Use an IOConsole instead! MessageConsole is basically a read-only version of IOConsole.

From MessageConsole.createPage(...):

public IPageBookViewPage createPage(IConsoleView view) {
    IOConsolePage page = (IOConsolePage) super.createPage(view);
    page.setReadOnly();
    return page;
}