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| Re: Does Eclipse provide a rich text widget that can display HTML? [message #10357 is a reply to message #9038] | Thu, 24 April 2003 10:13  |  | 
| Eclipse User  |  |  |  |  | Originally posted by: bob.objfac.com 
 Thanks for pointing this out. This would certainly be a great addition to
 the platform!
 
 Bob
 
 "Wald" <arnout.standaert@n-o-s-p-a-m.cit.kuleuven.ac.be> wrote in message
 news:Xns936760822BD22arnoutstandaertagrku@204.138.98.10...
 > yuan.tao@picsel.com (YuanTao) wrote:
 >
 > >
 > > I am using SWT on a server management console.
 > > I don`t know if there is any way to display the reports in HTML
 > > format.
 > >
 > > Does Eclipse provide a rich text widget that can display HTML?
 > > Or some third parties provide it.
 >
 > Not for now, but there are plans to incorporate such functionality
 > in Eclipse 2.2. The relevant text from the draft plan:
 >
 > ---------------------------------------
 > [Display HTML in a widget] In Eclipse 2.0 and 2.1, the only
 > supported option for rendering HTML in the workbench is to use OLE
 > to link to IE. This support is Windows only; there is no such
 > option in other operating environments. Even on Windows, this only
 > works for IE and not other browsers. There are already several
 > Eclipse components that could benefit from HTML display
 > functionality in a widget: welcome pages; update manager update
 > site overview; hovers that show Javadoc. The Platform should
 > provide a portable way to display HTML in a widget and support it
 > in all operating environments. [Platform UI]
 > ---------------------------------------
 >
 > The draft plan can be found on
 > < http://eclipse.org/eclipse/development/eclipse_project_plan_ 2_
 > 2.html>
 > (all on one line, of course)
 >
 > Kind regards,
 > Wald
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