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Flat look for Text widgets in a Form Editor [message #289490]

Fri, 05 August 2005 12:23

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: sebastien.alonzo.wanadoo.fr

I'm trying to develop a specific editor using FormEditor but I cannot
have my text widgets displayed with a flat look.

Here is a snippet of my code :

public class SubsystemForm extends FormPage {
[...]
/**
* Create Form content
*/
protected void createFormContent(IManagedForm managedForm) {
ScrolledForm form = managedForm.getForm();
FormToolkit toolkit = managedForm.getToolkit();

form.setText("Subsystem");

GridLayout layout = new GridLayout();
layout.numColumns = 2;
form.getBody().setLayout(layout);
[...]
Label descLbl = toolkit.createLabel(form.getBody(),
"subsystem.description", SWT.WRAP);
Text descTxt = toolkit.createText(form.getBody(), "", SWT.BORDER);
descTxt.setLayoutData(new GridData(GridData.FILL_HORIZONTAL));

[...]
}
[...]
}

From the samples I've seen, all text widgets have flat looks but I
cannot reproduce it. I'm running Eclipse 3.1 final ...

I'm probably missing something but I have not found any clue so far.

Re: Flat look for Text widgets in a Form Editor [message #289498 is a reply to message #289490]

Fri, 05 August 2005 13:41

Eclipse User

Sébastien Alonzo wrote:
> I'm trying to develop a specific editor using FormEditor but I cannot
> have my text widgets displayed with a flat look.
>
> Here is a snippet of my code :
>
> public class SubsystemForm extends FormPage {
> [...]
> /**
> * Create Form content
> */
> protected void createFormContent(IManagedForm managedForm) {
> ScrolledForm form = managedForm.getForm();
> FormToolkit toolkit = managedForm.getToolkit();
>
> form.setText("Subsystem");
>
> GridLayout layout = new GridLayout();
> layout.numColumns = 2;
> form.getBody().setLayout(layout);
> [...]
> Label descLbl = toolkit.createLabel(form.getBody(),
> "subsystem.description", SWT.WRAP);
> Text descTxt = toolkit.createText(form.getBody(), "", SWT.BORDER);
> descTxt.setLayoutData(new GridData(GridData.FILL_HORIZONTAL));
>
> [...]
> }
> [...]
> }
>
> From the samples I've seen, all text widgets have flat looks but I
> cannot reproduce it. I'm running Eclipse 3.1 final ...
>
> I'm probably missing something but I have not found any clue so far.

Did you call toolkit.paintBordersFor(form) ? That should give you the
flat look.

-
Steve

Re: Flat look for Text widgets in a Form Editor [message #289501 is a reply to message #289490]

Fri, 05 August 2005 15:39

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: lorenz.m.gmx.at

HI,

don't specify SWT.BORDER - this creates the native (non-flat) border and
disables the form-specific border drawing.

Sébastien Alonzo wrote:
> I'm trying to develop a specific editor using FormEditor but I cannot
> have my text widgets displayed with a flat look.
>
> Here is a snippet of my code :
>
> public class SubsystemForm extends FormPage {
> [...]
> /**
> * Create Form content
> */
> protected void createFormContent(IManagedForm managedForm) {
> ScrolledForm form = managedForm.getForm();
> FormToolkit toolkit = managedForm.getToolkit();
>
> form.setText("Subsystem");
>
> GridLayout layout = new GridLayout();
> layout.numColumns = 2;
> form.getBody().setLayout(layout);
> [...]
> Label descLbl = toolkit.createLabel(form.getBody(),
> "subsystem.description", SWT.WRAP);
> Text descTxt = toolkit.createText(form.getBody(), "", SWT.BORDER);
> descTxt.setLayoutData(new GridData(GridData.FILL_HORIZONTAL));
>
> [...]
> }
> [...]
> }
>
> From the samples I've seen, all text widgets have flat looks but I
> cannot reproduce it. I'm running Eclipse 3.1 final ...
>
> I'm probably missing something but I have not found any clue so far.

Re: Flat look for Text widgets in a Form Editor [message #289542 is a reply to message #289498]

Mon, 08 August 2005 03:13

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: sebastien.alonzo.wanadoo.fr

Steve Blass wrote:
> Sébastien Alonzo wrote:
>
>> I'm trying to develop a specific editor using FormEditor but I cannot
>> have my text widgets displayed with a flat look.
>>
>> Here is a snippet of my code :
>>
>> public class SubsystemForm extends FormPage {
>> [...]
>> /**
>> * Create Form content
>> */
>> protected void createFormContent(IManagedForm managedForm) {
>> ScrolledForm form = managedForm.getForm();
>> FormToolkit toolkit = managedForm.getToolkit();
>> form.setText("Subsystem");
>>
>> GridLayout layout = new GridLayout();
>> layout.numColumns = 2;
>> form.getBody().setLayout(layout);
>> [...]
>> Label descLbl = toolkit.createLabel(form.getBody(),
>> "subsystem.description", SWT.WRAP);
>> Text descTxt = toolkit.createText(form.getBody(), "",
>> SWT.BORDER);
>> descTxt.setLayoutData(new GridData(GridData.FILL_HORIZONTAL));
>>
>> [...]
>> }
>> [...]
>> }
>>
>> From the samples I've seen, all text widgets have flat looks but I
>> cannot reproduce it. I'm running Eclipse 3.1 final ...
>>
>> I'm probably missing something but I have not found any clue so far.
>
>
> Did you call toolkit.paintBordersFor(form) ? That should give you the
> flat look.
>
> -
> Steve

I did, but it doesn't change anything ... do you have an example of code
that works so I can compare with my own ?

Re: Flat look for Text widgets in a Form Editor [message #289543 is a reply to message #289501]

Mon, 08 August 2005 03:16

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: sebastien.alonzo.wanadoo.fr

Lorenz Maierhofer wrote:
> HI,
>
> don't specify SWT.BORDER - this creates the native (non-flat) border and
> disables the form-specific border drawing.
>

Hi Lorenz,

When I don't specify SWT.BORDER (e.g. using only SWT.SINGLE as style) I
don't have any border at all. Even if I invoke toolkit.paintBordersFor(form)

Do you an example of code that so that I can compare with my own ?

Re: Flat look for Text widgets in a Form Editor [message #289550 is a reply to message #289490]

Mon, 08 August 2005 04:11

Eclipse User

As posted by another person in the thread, remove the SWT.BORDER from
the creation of the text box as shown below, and replace it with SWT.NONE

so...

Text descTxt = toolkit.createText(form.getBody(), "", SWT.NONE);

SWT.BORDER will cause the text box to have a "3d drop" border to it.

Sébastien Alonzo wrote:
> I'm trying to develop a specific editor using FormEditor but I cannot
> have my text widgets displayed with a flat look.
>
> Here is a snippet of my code :
> Text descTxt = toolkit.createText(form.getBody(), "", SWT.BORDER);

Re: Flat look for Text widgets in a Form Editor [message #289554 is a reply to message #289543]

Mon, 08 August 2005 05:02

Eclipse User

You also need to add metadata to Your widgets that You want the border
to be applied to:

yourTextWidget.setData(FormToolkit.KEY_DRAW_BORDER,
FormToolkit.TEXT_BORDER);
or
yourTableWidget.setData(FormToolkit.KEY_DRAW_BORDER,
FormToolkit.TREE_BORDER);

and then on the immediate parent composite of these widgets you should call:
formToolkitInstance.paintPordersFor(yourParentComposite);

Sébastien Alonzo kirjutas mulle ühel talvisel päeval midagi seesugust:
> Lorenz Maierhofer wrote:
>
>> HI,
>>
>> don't specify SWT.BORDER - this creates the native (non-flat) border
>> and disables the form-specific border drawing.
>>
>
> Hi Lorenz,
>
> When I don't specify SWT.BORDER (e.g. using only SWT.SINGLE as style) I
> don't have any border at all. Even if I invoke
> toolkit.paintBordersFor(form)
>
> Do you an example of code that so that I can compare with my own ?

--
Roland Tepp

Re: Flat look for Text widgets in a Form Editor [message #289555 is a reply to message #289554]

Mon, 08 August 2005 05:08

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: sebastien.alonzo.wanadoo.fr

Roland Tepp wrote:
> You also need to add metadata to Your widgets that You want the border
> to be applied to:
>
> yourTextWidget.setData(FormToolkit.KEY_DRAW_BORDER,
> FormToolkit.TEXT_BORDER);
> or
> yourTableWidget.setData(FormToolkit.KEY_DRAW_BORDER,
> FormToolkit.TREE_BORDER);
>
> and then on the immediate parent composite of these widgets you should
> call:
> formToolkitInstance.paintPordersFor(yourParentComposite);
>

Thanks a lot Roland, now it works. I was almost there except that I
invoked paintBordersFor() on the form itself instead of its body which
is actually the immediate parent composite of my widget.

So the proper code that works for me is actually :
Text txt = toolkit.createText(form.getBody(), "", SWT.NONE);
txt.setData(FormToolkit.KEY_DRAW_BORDER, FormToolkit.TEXT_BORDER);
toolkit.paintBordersFor(form.getBody());

Thanks everybody for your help.

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