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Setting dialog title [message #772387]

Thu, 29 December 2011 11:44

Eclipse User

Okay, I have a dialog that extends org.eclipse.jface.dialogs.Dialog

The constructor is:

	
public AccountDialog( Shell parent) {
	super(parent);
	setShellStyle(SWT.DIALOG_TRIM);
	parent.setText("Create Account");
	parent.setMinimumSize(300, 0);
	return;
}

It's just that the setText() and setMinimumSize() don't seem to actually do anything.
The dialog has a blank titlebar, and the width is too small.
Dialog is just barely big enough for the OK/Cancel buttons, text entry fields are way too small. Dialog is a good width in the Window Designer, it's just a lot smaller when it actually runs.

Re: Setting dialog title [message #774509 is a reply to message #772387]

Tue, 03 January 2012 22:54

Eclipse User

I think if you try a different approach like this it might work: instead setting the text, and minimum size in the AccountDialog() constructor first create a new instance like this myAccountDlg = new AccountDialog(Display.getCurrent().getDisplay()); then you need to call first myAccountDlg.create() once you do that to set the dialog window text which I think you are trying to do you can call myAccountDlg.getShell().setText("Create Account") and do the same for setMinimuimSize() the key part is calling create() method first. Try that, hope it helps. - Duncan

[Updated on: Tue, 03 January 2012 22:55] by Moderator

Re: Setting dialog title [message #774511 is a reply to message #774509]

Tue, 03 January 2012 22:58

Eclipse User

I was off in the constructor above, you pass in a Shell not a display so it would be .getActiveShell()) but you get the point. - Duncan Krebs

Re: Setting dialog title [message #775420 is a reply to message #774511]

Thu, 05 January 2012 19:04

Eclipse User

Thanks, that let me do what I needed.
I really wanted to be able to set the title from within the Dialog code, and not require the caller to set it.
So I added this to my Dialog class, and it works!

	public void create() {
		super.create();
		getShell().setText("Create Filter Group");
		return;
	}

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