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Custom Widget in Drop Down Menu [message #444142]

Thu, 07 October 2004 10:58

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: luislobo.evolvenet.pt

Hi!

Is there any way of creating a drop down menu which contains a widget and
not only text, something like a TableViewer (for instance).
It may seem a little strange, but I need it to create a calendar button,
something like the one that pops up in KDE/Windows when you click the
clock.
I am using SWT 3.0.1.

Thanks in advance,
LL

Re: Custom Widget in Drop Down Menu [message #444199 is a reply to message #444142]

Fri, 08 October 2004 10:42

Eclipse User

Nope. Menus are not native controls on some operating systems (Windows) and
therefore cannot be treated as such. On Windows, the operating system calls
that resize and position controls for example will not work on menus. This
is the main reason that menus are modeled the way they are in SWT.

"Lu

Re: Custom Widget in Drop Down Menu [message #444213 is a reply to message #444199]

Fri, 08 October 2004 13:56

Eclipse User

Steve Northover wrote:

> Nope. Menus are not native controls on some operating systems (Windows) and
> therefore cannot be treated as such. On Windows, the operating system calls
> that resize and position controls for example will not work on menus. This
> is the main reason that menus are modeled the way they are in SWT.

And presumably there's no way to show a dialog with
the modality of a menu, so that it disappears when
something else gets focus etc.?

Paul Singleton

Re: Custom Widget in Drop Down Menu [message #444236 is a reply to message #444213]

Sat, 09 October 2004 17:21

Eclipse User

Sure, just not inside a menu. Just code a focus listener and close your
shell when it loses focus.

-Chris

"Paul Singleton" <paul@jbgb.com> wrote in message
news:ck6k36$fst$1@eclipse.org...
> Steve Northover wrote:
>
>> Nope. Menus are not native controls on some operating systems (Windows)
>> and
>> therefore cannot be treated as such. On Windows, the operating system
>> calls
>> that resize and position controls for example will not work on menus.
>> This
>> is the main reason that menus are modeled the way they are in SWT.
>
> And presumably there's no way to show a dialog with
> the modality of a menu, so that it disappears when
> something else gets focus etc.?
>
> Paul Singleton

Re: Custom Widget in Drop Down Menu [message #444457 is a reply to message #444236]

Wed, 13 October 2004 07:37

Eclipse User

Many thanks for the encouraging tip; before I have a go,
has anyone else emulated popup menus like this? I'm not
sure about cross platform issues; in Windows, Esc also
cancels a popup, and I don't know about other platforms.
I'd like to do it properly...

Paul Singleton

Chris wrote:

> Sure, just not inside a menu. Just code a focus listener and close your
> shell when it loses focus.

> "Paul Singleton" <paul@jbgb.com> wrote:

>>And presumably there's no way to show a dialog with
>>the modality of a menu, so that it disappears when
>>something else gets focus etc.?

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