plugin.xml category
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Previously the plugin.xml had a tag <category> which now seems removed and I can't find it in a documentation https://plugins.jetbrains.com/docs/intellij/plugin-configuration-file.html
Is it correct that the tag was removed? I found many official JetBrains plugins that still use e.g.
Another question: if it wasn't really removed then were can I found a list of all categories?
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Hi,
The
<category>element value is used in the Plugin Manager in the IDE (Settings | Plugins | Installed) only. Its future is unknown, hence the lack of it in the documentation.Official values: https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-community/blob/master/platform/core-api/resources/messages/CoreBundle.properties#L99-L127
It seems possible to add custom value from a plugin bundle: https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-community/blob/master/platform/core-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/plugins/IdeaPluginDescriptorImpl.kt#L555
Thank you, Karol,
I think the feature is important so home the categories will be preserved.