Chapter 5. Seam Menus and Actions

In this chapter we provide a description of Seam actions that are available from

Menu bar
Toolbar
Context menus in views

5.1. File Menu Actions

The following actions are in the Seam Perspective by default: File → New submenu

Table 5.1. Seam Actions in the New Submenu

Name	Function
Seam Web Project	Runs Section 2.1, “Create standalone Seam Web Project” wizard for creating a new Seam project
Seam Action	Runs Section 6.1, “New Seam Action” wizard for creating a new Seam action
Seam Form	Runs Section 6.2, “New Seam Form” wizard for creating a new Seam form
Seam Entity	Runs Section 6.4, “New Seam Entity” wizard for creating a new Seam entity
Seam Conversation	Runs Section 6.3, “New Seam Conversation” wizard for creating a new Seam conversation
Seam Generate Entities	Runs Chapter 7, Seam Generate Entities wizard

5.2. Navigate Menu Actions

In the next sections we are going to describe Seam actions which can help you to easily navigate through the source code.

5.2.1. Find Seam References/Declarations

To find EL expressions both in .java and .xhtml files use Find Seam References and Declarations actions. For that, in the main menu bar click on Search → Find Seam References or Search → Find Seam Declarations.

Look at the description of the actions in the table below.

Table 5.2. Find Seam References/Declarations actions

Name	Function	Keyboard Shortcut
Find Seam References Find Seam Declarations	Find all references and declarations to the selected element. It's available for EL expressions in both .java and .xhtml files. Differs from normal Eclipse Find References/Declarations by showing an EL or Seam references in the Search View.	Ctrl+G Ctrl+Shift+G also Ctrl + 1 for .java files

Name

Function

Keyboard Shortcut

Find Seam References

Find Seam Declarations

Find all references and declarations to the selected element. It's available for EL expressions in both .java and .xhtml files. Differs from normal Eclipse Find References/Declarations by showing an EL or Seam references in the Search View.

Ctrl+G

Ctrl+Shift+G

also Ctrl + 1 for .java files

On the screenshot example below you could see that the search results are listed in the Search view.

Figure 5.1. Find Seam Declaration for "Identity"

You can also use Ctrl + 1 in .java files to activate the actions:

Figure 5.2. Find Seam References for "Identity"

5.2.2. Open Seam Component

To open Seam Components click on Navigate → Open Seam Component in the main menu bar. This dialog is also available from toolbar icon or with hot keys combination "Ctrl+Shift+Z ".

Figure 5.3. Open Seam Components icon

In the table below read a description about the dialog.

Table 5.3. Open Seam Components Dialog

Name	Function	Keyboard Shortcut
Open Seam Components	Brings up the Open Seam Component dialog to open a component in the editor. The Open Seam Component selection dialog shows all Seam components existing in the workspace. You can search the components via their short, imported or full name.	Ctrl+Shift+Z

Enter a name in the text field and see the results as it shown on screenshot:

Figure 5.4. Open Seam Components Dialog

You can also open Seam Component from the other component where the required one is declared in @In by using Section 8.4.3, “OpenOn” (Ctrl + left click and select Open Declaration of Seam Component for seam_component in Seam_class.java ).