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SWT Table with BiDi column [message #445693]

Tue, 09 November 2004 11:32

Eclipse User

Hi,

I'm trying to create a table with BiDi support at column level. One
column contains text in Arabic and thus needs to show text from right to
left while all other columns should show text from left to right.

If I create the table with SWT.RIGHT_TO_LEFT style set, the whole table
is set to RTL and that's not what I want. If I create a TableColumn with
SWT.RIGHT_TO_LEFT style set, this setting is ignored.

Is there a way to properly show Arabic text in just one column of a table?

Thanks for any pointer.

Regards,
Rodolfo

Re: SWT Table with BiDi column [message #445745 is a reply to message #445693]

Wed, 10 November 2004 09:42

Eclipse User

I don't think it's possible using the native table control. Is there an
application on the desktop that you see doing this? That would give us a
hint.

"Rodolfo M. Raya" <rmraya@maxprograms.com> wrote in message
news:4190F131.4070401@maxprograms.com...
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to create a table with BiDi support at column level. One
> column contains text in Arabic and thus needs to show text from right to
> left while all other columns should show text from left to right.
>
> If I create the table with SWT.RIGHT_TO_LEFT style set, the whole table
> is set to RTL and that's not what I want. If I create a TableColumn with
> SWT.RIGHT_TO_LEFT style set, this setting is ignored.
>
> Is there a way to properly show Arabic text in just one column of a table?
>
> Thanks for any pointer.
>
> Regards,
> Rodolfo

Re: SWT Table with BiDi column [message #445775 is a reply to message #445745]

Wed, 10 November 2004 17:12

Eclipse User

Steve Northover wrote:
> I don't think it's possible using the native table control. Is there an
> application on the desktop that you see doing this? That would give us a
> hint.

Hi Steve,

I have not seen this behavior in a table before, but that's because I
never use tables with text in Arabic (I don't understand Arabic).
Nevertheless, the application where I use the Table widget needs BiDi
support at TableColumn level.

Should I file a request for enhancement in bugzilla?

Regards,
Rodolfo

Re: SWT Table with BiDi column [message #445920 is a reply to message #445775]

Thu, 11 November 2004 18:15

Eclipse User

You could file the enhancement request but because the underlying operating
systems don't support it, we can't do much. Of course, you could always
right align the column but I'm not sure that would be enough. Why not ask
your users?

"Rodolfo M. Raya" <rmraya@maxprograms.com> wrote in message
news:cmu3j9$bhm$1@eclipse.org...
> Steve Northover wrote:
> > I don't think it's possible using the native table control. Is there an
> > application on the desktop that you see doing this? That would give us
a
> > hint.
>
> Hi Steve,
>
> I have not seen this behavior in a table before, but that's because I
> never use tables with text in Arabic (I don't understand Arabic).
> Nevertheless, the application where I use the Table widget needs BiDi
> support at TableColumn level.
>
> Should I file a request for enhancement in bugzilla?
>
> Regards,
> Rodolfo

Re: SWT Table with BiDi column [message #445930 is a reply to message #445920]

Fri, 12 November 2004 07:27

Eclipse User

Steve Northover wrote:
> You could file the enhancement request but because the underlying operating
> systems don't support it, we can't do much. Of course, you could always
> right align the column but I'm not sure that would be enough. Why not ask
> your users?

Hi,

Our users were the ones that complained about the Arabic column being
wrong in the table. Right aligning the text is not enough for two
reasons: the ellipsis shown when the text excedes column width is in
the wrong side and the text is not properly displayed because the BiDI
algorithm is not applied.

I'll take a look at SWT code, but I doubt I can do much.

Thanks,
Rodolfo

Re: SWT Table with BiDi column [message #445931 is a reply to message #445930]

Fri, 12 November 2004 08:55

Eclipse User

I kind of knew that right aligning wouldn't cut it.

"Rodolfo M. Raya" <rmraya@maxprograms.com> wrote in message
news:4194AC47.9080206@maxprograms.com...
> Steve Northover wrote:
> > You could file the enhancement request but because the underlying
operating
> > systems don't support it, we can't do much. Of course, you could always
> > right align the column but I'm not sure that would be enough. Why not
ask
> > your users?
>
> Hi,
>
> Our users were the ones that complained about the Arabic column being
> wrong in the table. Right aligning the text is not enough for two
> reasons: the ellipsis shown when the text excedes column width is in
> the wrong side and the text is not properly displayed because the BiDI
> algorithm is not applied.
>
> I'll take a look at SWT code, but I doubt I can do much.
>
> Thanks,
> Rodolfo

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