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Scrollable views [message #466156]

Tue, 03 January 2006 23:45

Dhiresh Patel

Messages: 86
Registered: July 2009

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I am completely new to Eclipse - How do we make a Scrollable view?

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Re: Scrollable views [message #466193 is a reply to message #466156]

Wed, 04 January 2006 19:06

Luis Reyes

Messages: 14
Registered: July 2009

Junior Member

in the createCrontol() change the parent to a scrollcomposite. create a
regular composite, and set the scroll composite to listen for changes in
composite. use the regular composite to draw everything on it.

EXAMPLE
public void createPartControl(Composite parent) {

new ScrolledComposite(parent, SWT.H_SCROLL | SWT.V_SCROLL);
Composite container = new Composite(scrolledComposite, SWT.NONE);

ScrolledComposite scrolledComposite;
scrolledComposite.setExpandVertical(true);
scrolledComposite.setExpandHorizontal(true);

/*set the size, that when the view is this size,
the scrollbars should appear
NOTE: the next two lines are only use if expand
horizontal or vertical are used.*/
scrolledComposite.setMinHeight(600);
scrolledComposite.setMinWidth(350);

/*now we need to the tell the scrollbarcontainer
* to listen for changes in the size of container
* NOTE:if you call this method before setting the
* above params, the widget will not show, until after
* the view is manually resized by the user*/

scrolledComposite.setContent(container);

Button button = new Button(container, SWT.NONE);
button.setText("Test Button");
..
....
......

you get the idea, i guess. Good luck.

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Re: Scrollable views [message #466214 is a reply to message #466193]

Wed, 04 January 2006 23:03

Dhiresh Patel

Messages: 86
Registered: July 2009

Member

Thank you very much- the above seems to work with only one problem-the
first time I bring up the view-the content does not show- but once I
maximize the window then the content does show up and it works(scroll
bars)-

What do I do to show content when I show the view first time?

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