Adding a plug-in to a feature

Before a plug-in can be installed, it must be added to a feature. The feature contains additional information about the plug-in that is required by the update application. A single feature can contain multiple plug-ins, fragments, and other files.

1. Open the Plug-in Development perspective.
2. In the Package Explorer, expand the feature.
3. Right-click the feature.xml file and click Open With > Feature Manifest Editor.
4. For each plug-in that you want to add:
   1. Click the Plug-ins tab.
   2. Click Add.
      The Plug-in Selection window opens.
   3. In the input field, type a few sequential characters from the name of the plug-in.
      You can use an asterisk (*) as a wildcard character, but only as part of a character string. The asterisk (*) when not combined with any other characters does not match anything.
   4. In the Matching items list, select the plug-in that you want to add to the feature.
   5. Click OK.
      The plug-in is added to the feature.
   6. To update any information that pertains to the plug-in that you just added, click the appropriate tab and make the updates.
5. To update the version of the feature itself, click the Overview tab and enter the new version information in the Version field.
   You can update the version number to indicate that the contents of the feature changed.
6. Close the editor.