Eclipse RCP - Removing the minimize and maximize buttons from Views

I got the question how someone could remove the maximize and minimize buttons from a view in an Eclipse RCP application.

To archive this I know two ways.

Either set the layout to fixed in initialLayout() in Perspective.java

package de.vogella.intro.rcp.fixedview;

import org.eclipse.ui.IPageLayout; 
import org.eclipse.ui.IPerspectiveFactory;

public class Perspective implements IPerspectiveFactory {
	public void createInitialLayout(IPageLayout layout) { 
		String editorArea = layout.getEditorArea(); 
		layout.setEditorAreaVisible(false); 
		layout.setFixed(true); // layout.addStandaloneView(View.ID, false, IPageLayout.LEFT, 1.0f, editorArea); 
	}
}

Or use the Perspective.java to add a standalone view.

package de.vogella.intro.rcp.fixedview;

import org.eclipse.ui.IPageLayout; 
import org.eclipse.ui.IPerspectiveFactory;

public class Perspective implements IPerspectiveFactory {
	public void createInitialLayout(IPageLayout layout) { 
		String editorArea = layout.getEditorArea(); 
		layout.setEditorAreaVisible(false); // layout.setFixed(true); layout.addStandaloneView(View.ID, false, IPageLayout.LEFT, 1.0f, editorArea); 
	}
}

If I add a standalone view via the extension “org.eclipse.ui.perspectiveExtensions” then the minimize and maximize buttons are still there.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <?eclipse version="3.4"?> <plugin>

<extension id="application" point="org.eclipse.core.runtime.applications"> <application> <run class="de.vogella.intro.rcp.fixedview.Application"> </run> </application> </extension> <extension point="org.eclipse.ui.perspectives"> <perspective name="Perspective" class="de.vogella.intro.rcp.fixedview.Perspective" id="de.vogella.intro.rcp.fixedview.perspective"> </perspective> </extension> 
<extension point="org.eclipse.ui.views"> <view name="View" class="de.vogella.intro.rcp.fixedview.View" id="de.vogella.intro.rcp.fixedview.view"> </view> </extension> 
<extension point="org.eclipse.ui.perspectiveExtensions"> <perspectiveExtension targetID="\*"> <view id="de.vogella.intro.rcp.fixedview.view" minimized="false" ratio="1.0f" relationship="left" relative="org.eclipse.ui.editorss" standalone="true" visible="true"> </view> </perspectiveExtension> </extension>

</plugin>

The behavior seems inconsistent. If I use coding to add a standalone view the minimize / maximize buttons are not there, if I use extension points they are still there.

Does anymore know if I’m missing something? Or is this a bug? If you know please comment on this blog post or contact me via twitter.

Update: Projekt attached.

FixedView.zip