Integrate a plug-in to Eclipse IDE

Question

I have a plug-in source code, when i export it to jar , i copy it into Eclipse/plug-in/ and restarted Eclipse.

But i can not find it in in the menu Window --> Preferences.

I tried this method also :

1) Open the export wizard, either Open the plugin export wizard File > Export... > Plug-in Development > Deployable plug-ins and fragments

2) Select your plug-ins or features to export and install

But still can't find the plug-in in preferences Menu. I'm using Eclipse Juno

Answer 1

The plugins folder is for plugins downloaded via the plugins manager. To use locally developed plugins easily, copy the jar into the dropins folder. You may have to create that folder if it doesn’t exist yet (and restart eclipse, of course).