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Tue, 01 November 2011 21:58

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I tried to use WindowBuilder to build a tabbed control but I am missing a step.
I created a TabFolder, I dropped 3 TabItems into it. I double clicked tab 1 and dropped a Button onto it. I wound up with a new tab, not a button on tab 1. What am I missing? Thanx, Bill.

Re: Building aTabFolder [message #754412 is a reply to message #754308]

Wed, 02 November 2011 09:33

Eclipse User

Drop Button (or better Composite and then Button) on TabItem header.

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Re: Building aTabFolder [message #754441 is a reply to message #754308]

Wed, 02 November 2011 10:37

Eclipse User

You need to watch where the red or green insertion point is. An SWT TabItem can have one and only one child, so, if you have not added a container (like a Composte) to a tab, dropping a new widget on the TabFolder will just create a new tab with that widget as its only child. If you want to drop a widget onto an existing tab, drop it on the tab itself, not the TabFolder. If you drop a Composite onto the TabItem's tab, it will become that tab's child, and you can then drop other widgets into the Composite. The easiest way to approach this is to start by dropping empty Composites into the TabFolder. A new TabItem will be created and inserted for each one.

Re: Building aTabFolder [message #754477 is a reply to message #754441]

Wed, 02 November 2011 12:58

Eclipse User

A thanks to all of you. T'was precisely what I needed.

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