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Shell resize decoration [message #446812]

Thu, 02 December 2004 12:15

Eclipse User

Is it possible to add a "resize decoration" to all resizable shells?

What I'm talking about is the small pattern in the lower right corner of
eg. DirectoryDialog's (on Windows).

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Regards Max rotvel AT bolignet-aarhus DOT dk

Re: Shell resize decoration [message #446817 is a reply to message #446812]

Thu, 02 December 2004 16:05

Eclipse User

Max wrote:

> Is it possible to add a "resize decoration" to all resizable shells?
>
> What I'm talking about is the small pattern in the lower right corner of
> eg. DirectoryDialog's (on Windows).

SWT does not support Windows' native size grip directly, i.e. you cannot
ask for it to be shown. It will be shown automatically when you have a
Scrollable widget with both horizontal and vertical scrollbar in the
bottom right corner of a window. I've written a custom SizeGrip control
which is available from http://www.novocode.com/swt.

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Stefan Zeiger http://www.szeiger.de http://www.novocode.com
My SWT controls: http://www.novocode.com/swt

Re: Shell resize decoration [message #446819 is a reply to message #446817]

Thu, 02 December 2004 16:48

Eclipse User

In article <coo03d$4v3$1@www.eclipse.org>, szeiger@novocode.com says...
> > Is it possible to add a "resize decoration" to all resizable shells?
> >
> > What I'm talking about is the small pattern in the lower right corner of
> > eg. DirectoryDialog's (on Windows).
>
> SWT does not support Windows' native size grip directly, i.e. you cannot
> ask for it to be shown.

It would be nice with something like SWT.RESIZABLE that asks for a grip
if the platform supports it, and if not defers to SWT.RESIZE.

> It will be shown automatically when you have a
> Scrollable widget with both horizontal and vertical scrollbar in the
> bottom right corner of a window.

I'm not sure, but it sounds like you're saying that it ia possible to
force the grip to appear by making your widget scrollable - is that
right?

> I've written a custom SizeGrip control
> which is available from http://www.novocode.com/swt.

Thanks, I'll check it out.

Regards
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Regards Max rotvel AT bolignet-aarhus DOT dk

Re: Shell resize decoration [message #446821 is a reply to message #446819]

Thu, 02 December 2004 17:55

Eclipse User

Max wrote:

> I'm not sure, but it sounds like you're saying that it ia possible to
> force the grip to appear by making your widget scrollable - is that
> right?

Both scrollbars need to be visible to make the size grip appear.
Otherwise there isn't any free space where it could be displayed. You
can try this by resizing a content assist window in Eclipse.

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Stefan Zeiger http://www.szeiger.de http://www.novocode.com
My SWT controls: http://www.novocode.com/swt

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