IntelliJ Plugin Development Tutorial - Project View Popup Menu Action Item

This simple tutorial shows you how to create an Action Item in the Project View Popup Menu.
When  you right click on the project view you will have this action item in the popup menu. You can extend or use this to execute any action.

 Following are the two files you should work with.

	<idea-plugin version="2">
	<id>com.lakj.comspace.intellij.projectviewmenuaction</id>
	<name>Lak J Prject View Menu Action</name>
	<version>1.0</version>
	<vendor email="" url="http://lakjeewa.blogspot.com/">Lak J Comspace</vendor>
	<description><![CDATA[
	Enter short description for your plugin here.<br>
	<em>most HTML tags may be used</em>
	]]></description>
	<change-notes><![CDATA[
	Add change notes here.<br>
	<em>most HTML tags may be used</em>
	]]>
	</change-notes>
	<!-- please see http://confluence.jetbrains.com/display/IDEADEV/Build+Number+Ranges for description -->
	<idea-version since-build="131"/>
	<!-- please see http://confluence.jetbrains.com/display/IDEADEV/Plugin+Compatibility+with+IntelliJ+Platform+Products
	on how to target different products -->
	<!-- uncomment to enable plugin in all products
	<depends>com.intellij.modules.lang</depends>
	-->
	<extensions defaultExtensionNs="com.intellij">
	<!-- Add your extensions here -->
	</extensions>
	<application-components>
	<!-- Add your application components here -->
	</application-components>
	<project-components>
	<!-- Add your project components here -->
	</project-components>
	<actions>
	<group id="lakj.comspace">
	<action
	id="lakj.comspace.projectviewmenuaction"
	class="com.lakj.comspace.intellij.projectviewmenuaction.ProjectViewAction"
	text="Lak J Project View Menu Action"
	description="Lak J Compspace Project View Menu Popup Action."
	icon="/com/lakj/comspace/intellij/projectviewmenuaction/resources/icon/icon.png"/>
	<add-to-group anchor="after" group-id="ProjectViewPopupMenu" relative-to-action="AnalyzeMenu"/>
	</group>
	</actions>
	</idea-plugin>

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	package com.lakj.comspace.intellij.projectviewmenuaction;
	import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.AnAction;
	import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.AnActionEvent;
	import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project;
	import com.intellij.openapi.ui.Messages;
	/**
	* Created by Lak J Comspace on 1/25/2015.
	*/
	public class ProjectViewAction extends AnAction {
	/**
	* Implement this method to provide your action handler.
	*
	* @param e Carries information on the invocation place
	*/
	@Override
	public void actionPerformed(AnActionEvent e) {
	Project project = e.getProject();
	Messages.showMessageDialog(project, "Hello, You just clicked the IntelliJ project view popup menu action item.",
	"Project View Action", Messages.getInformationIcon());
	}
	}

view raw ProjectViewAction.java hosted with ❤ by GitHub

Following are the GitHub URL's for complete plugin project. You can clone the project or downolad the project as a zip file. To run the project open IntelliJ IDEA and import the project.

GitHub repository URL - https://github.com/lakjcomspace/IntelliJProjectViewMenuAction
GitHub HTTPS clone URL - https://github.com/lakjcomspace/IntelliJProjectViewMenuAction.git
Download Project as a Zip - https://github.com/lakjcomspace/IntelliJProjectViewMenuAction/archive/master.zip