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| Multi-line Text with constant number of visible rows... [message #451453] |
Wed, 02 March 2005 15:53  |
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Originally posted by: msmiths.uk.ibm.com
Hi,
I am trying to emulate the behaviour that can be achieved in SWING by using
a JTextArea and a JScrollPane together, as follows:
JTextArea payloadWindow = new JTextArea();
payloadWindow.setRows(10);
payloadWindow.setColumns(80);
JScrollPane payloadWindowScrollPane = new JScrollPane();
payloadWindowScrollPane.setViewportView(payloadWindow);
payloadWindowScrollPane.setMinimumSize(new Dimension(400, 400));
However, I cannot find any way to tell a Text control to size itself to a
given number of displayable rows and columns. I have code similar to the
following:
int cols = 80;
int rows = 10;
GC gc = new GC(payloadWindow);
FontMetrics fm = gc.getFontMetrics ();
int width = cols * fm.getAverageCharWidth();
int height = rows * fm.getHeight ();
gc.dispose ();
payloadWindow.setSize(payloadWindow.computeSize(width, height));
The problem with this is that the Text control is initially empty.
Therefore, when I invoke pack() on my dialog, the control gets resized
smaller. Also, if add extra lines of text (>10) and then pack() is invoked
on the dialog, my Text control gets resized larger then 10 rows.
The behaviour that I would like to see is to always have 10 rows by 80
columns, even when the Text control is empty or contains a large amount of
text, and I would like to have scroll bars displayed for the Text control
when they are required, i.e., when more than 10 rows are entered or a line
longer than 80 characters is entered.
Any ideas?
P.S. I have tried to place the Text control inside a ScrolledPane, but
still cannot achieve the desired results.
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| Re: Multi-line Text with constant number of visible rows... [message #451546 is a reply to message #451453] |
Wed, 02 March 2005 18:06  |
 Veronika Irvine
Messages: 1272
Registered: July 2009 |
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You probably have a Layout on the shell and this is overriding the result of
payloadWindow.setSize(payloadWindow.computeSize(width, height)); You can
not mix a Layout with calls to setSize() or setBounds() - you must choose
one or the other. Below is an example using GridLayout that sets the size
of the Text widget:
public static void main (String [] args) {
Display display = new Display ();
Shell shell = new Shell (display);
shell.setLayout(new GridLayout(2, false));
Text payloadWindow = new Text(shell, SWT.BORDER | SWT.MULTI
|SWT.V_SCROLL | SWT.H_SCROLL);
GC gc = new GC(payloadWindow);
FontMetrics fm = gc.getFontMetrics ();
gc.dispose ();
int cols = 80;
int rows = 10;
int width = cols * fm.getAverageCharWidth();
int height = rows * fm.getHeight();
GridData data = new GridData();
data.widthHint = width;
data.heightHint = height;
payloadWindow.setLayoutData(data);
Button b = new Button(shell, SWT.PUSH);
b.setText("Button");
shell.pack();
shell.open ();
while (!shell.isDisposed ()) {
if (!display.readAndDispatch ()) display.sleep ();
}
display.dispose ();
}
"Martin Smithson" <msmiths@uk.ibm.com> wrote in message
news:d04nif$ed3$1@www.eclipse.org...
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to emulate the behaviour that can be achieved in SWING by
> using
> a JTextArea and a JScrollPane together, as follows:
>
> JTextArea payloadWindow = new JTextArea();
> payloadWindow.setRows(10);
> payloadWindow.setColumns(80);
>
> JScrollPane payloadWindowScrollPane = new JScrollPane();
> payloadWindowScrollPane.setViewportView(payloadWindow);
> payloadWindowScrollPane.setMinimumSize(new Dimension(400, 400));
>
> However, I cannot find any way to tell a Text control to size itself to a
> given number of displayable rows and columns. I have code similar to the
> following:
>
> int cols = 80;
> int rows = 10;
> GC gc = new GC(payloadWindow);
> FontMetrics fm = gc.getFontMetrics ();
> int width = cols * fm.getAverageCharWidth();
> int height = rows * fm.getHeight ();
> gc.dispose ();
> payloadWindow.setSize(payloadWindow.computeSize(width, height));
>
> The problem with this is that the Text control is initially empty.
> Therefore, when I invoke pack() on my dialog, the control gets resized
> smaller. Also, if add extra lines of text (>10) and then pack() is
> invoked
> on the dialog, my Text control gets resized larger then 10 rows.
>
> The behaviour that I would like to see is to always have 10 rows by 80
> columns, even when the Text control is empty or contains a large amount of
> text, and I would like to have scroll bars displayed for the Text control
> when they are required, i.e., when more than 10 rows are entered or a line
> longer than 80 characters is entered.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> P.S. I have tried to place the Text control inside a ScrolledPane, but
> still cannot achieve the desired results.
>
>
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| Re: Multi-line Text with constant number of visible rows... [message #451624 is a reply to message #451546] |
Thu, 03 March 2005 15:30 |
| Eclipse User |
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Originally posted by: msmiths.uk.ibm.com
Veronika,
Many thanks... it now works great. It's not immediately obvious from the
docs that Layouts and setSize() or setBounds() methods are mutually
exclusive.
"Veronika Irvine" <veronika_irvine@oti.com> wrote in message
news:d04vaf$or2$1@www.eclipse.org...
> You probably have a Layout on the shell and this is overriding the result
of
> payloadWindow.setSize(payloadWindow.computeSize(width, height)); You can
> not mix a Layout with calls to setSize() or setBounds() - you must choose
> one or the other. Below is an example using GridLayout that sets the size
> of the Text widget:
>
> public static void main (String [] args) {
> Display display = new Display ();
> Shell shell = new Shell (display);
> shell.setLayout(new GridLayout(2, false));
> Text payloadWindow = new Text(shell, SWT.BORDER | SWT.MULTI
> |SWT.V_SCROLL | SWT.H_SCROLL);
> GC gc = new GC(payloadWindow);
> FontMetrics fm = gc.getFontMetrics ();
> gc.dispose ();
> int cols = 80;
> int rows = 10;
> int width = cols * fm.getAverageCharWidth();
> int height = rows * fm.getHeight();
> GridData data = new GridData();
> data.widthHint = width;
> data.heightHint = height;
> payloadWindow.setLayoutData(data);
> Button b = new Button(shell, SWT.PUSH);
> b.setText("Button");
> shell.pack();
> shell.open ();
> while (!shell.isDisposed ()) {
> if (!display.readAndDispatch ()) display.sleep ();
> }
> display.dispose ();
> }
>
> "Martin Smithson" <msmiths@uk.ibm.com> wrote in message
> news:d04nif$ed3$1@www.eclipse.org...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am trying to emulate the behaviour that can be achieved in SWING by
> > using
> > a JTextArea and a JScrollPane together, as follows:
> >
> > JTextArea payloadWindow = new JTextArea();
> > payloadWindow.setRows(10);
> > payloadWindow.setColumns(80);
> >
> > JScrollPane payloadWindowScrollPane = new JScrollPane();
> > payloadWindowScrollPane.setViewportView(payloadWindow);
> > payloadWindowScrollPane.setMinimumSize(new Dimension(400, 400));
> >
> > However, I cannot find any way to tell a Text control to size itself to
a
> > given number of displayable rows and columns. I have code similar to
the
> > following:
> >
> > int cols = 80;
> > int rows = 10;
> > GC gc = new GC(payloadWindow);
> > FontMetrics fm = gc.getFontMetrics ();
> > int width = cols * fm.getAverageCharWidth();
> > int height = rows * fm.getHeight ();
> > gc.dispose ();
> > payloadWindow.setSize(payloadWindow.computeSize(width, height));
> >
> > The problem with this is that the Text control is initially empty.
> > Therefore, when I invoke pack() on my dialog, the control gets resized
> > smaller. Also, if add extra lines of text (>10) and then pack() is
> > invoked
> > on the dialog, my Text control gets resized larger then 10 rows.
> >
> > The behaviour that I would like to see is to always have 10 rows by 80
> > columns, even when the Text control is empty or contains a large amount
of
> > text, and I would like to have scroll bars displayed for the Text
control
> > when they are required, i.e., when more than 10 rows are entered or a
line
> > longer than 80 characters is entered.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > P.S. I have tried to place the Text control inside a ScrolledPane, but
> > still cannot achieve the desired results.
> >
> >
>
>
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