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Eclipse Layout Problem on Bidi OS [message #671462]

Wed, 18 May 2011 01:10

Eclipse User

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Registered: July 2009

Junior Member

Hi,

By default, Eclipse layout is still LTR on bidi OS such as Arabic. Seems the layout changes to RTL only if start Eclipse with '-nl ar' option. Is this by design? If yes, is there any way for the Eclipse based applications to override this behavior in the code?

Thanks.

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Re: Eclipse Layout Problem on Bidi OS [message #671504 is a reply to message #671462]

Wed, 18 May 2011 07:08

Dani Megert

Messages: 3802
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Senior Member

On 18.05.2011 03:10, forums-noreply@eclipse.org wrote:
> Hi,
>
> By default, Eclipse layout is still LTR on bidi OS such as
> Arabic. Seems the layout changes to RTL only if start
> Eclipse with '-nl ar' option. Is this by design?
It should use the user locale set on the machine. Maybe the machine has
the Arabic OS installed but the user locale is set to something different?

Dani
> If yes, is
> there any way for the Eclipse based applications to override
> this behavior in the code?
>
> Thanks.

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Re: Eclipse Layout Problem on Bidi OS [message #671767 is a reply to message #671504]

Wed, 18 May 2011 23:06

Eclipse User

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Junior Member

Confirmed with Eclipse team that this is by design -- e.g. the RTL layout is displayed only when Eclipse is started with '-nl ar' option on Arabic OS.

Now my question is: is there any way for the applications to override this behavior in the source code?

Thanks.

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Re: Eclipse Layout Problem on Bidi OS [message #672003 is a reply to message #671767]

Thu, 19 May 2011 14:35

Dani Megert

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On 19.05.2011 01:06, forums-noreply@eclipse.org wrote:
> Confirmed with Eclipse team that this is by design -- e.g. the RTL
> layout is displayed only when Eclipse is started with '-nl ar' option
> on Arabic OS.
Yes indeed. It only takes the corresponding nl files and uses the text
processor but doesn't mirror the GUI.
>
> Now my question is: is there any way for the applications to override
> this behavior in the source code?
What are you implementing? An RCP or just a plug-in? Do you want to
override this only for your part or overall?

Dani
>
> Thanks.

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Re: Eclipse Layout Problem on Bidi OS [message #672036 is a reply to message #672003]

Thu, 19 May 2011 16:31

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Thanks for your reply, Dani! We are implementing an RCP. The workaround of adding '-nl ar' to the .ini file might not apply to our product since our product is an installer of itself. The installer can be downloaded to any platform.

Janice.

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Re: Eclipse Layout Problem on Bidi OS [message #672272 is a reply to message #672036]

Fri, 20 May 2011 13:53

Dani Megert

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On 19.05.2011 18:31, forums-noreply@eclipse.org wrote:
> Thanks for your reply, Dani! We are implementing an RCP. The
> workaround of adding '-nl ar' to the .ini file might not apply to our
> product since our product is an installer of itself. The installer can
> be downloaded to any platform.
If you have your own RCP then you could add this in your workbench advisor:

public WorkbenchWindowAdvisor
createWorkbenchWindowAdvisor(IWorkbenchWindowConfigurer configurer) {
return new WorkbenchWindowAdvisor(configurer) {
public void preWindowOpen() {
super.preWindowOpen();
IWorkbenchWindowConfigurer wc= getWindowConfigurer();
wc.setShellStyle(SWT.RIGHT_TO_LEFT | wc.getShellStyle());
}
}
}

Of course you would always set SWT.RIGHT_TO_LEFT but do this probably
based on the user's locale.

Dani
> Janice.

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Re: Eclipse Layout Problem on Bidi OS [message #672275 is a reply to message #672036]

Fri, 20 May 2011 13:57

Dani Megert

Messages: 3802
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

On 19.05.2011 18:31, forums-noreply@eclipse.org wrote:
> Thanks for your reply, Dani! We are implementing an RCP.
If you have your own RCP then you could add this in your workbench advisor:

public WorkbenchWindowAdvisor
createWorkbenchWindowAdvisor(IWorkbenchWindowConfigurer configurer) {
return new WorkbenchWindowAdvisor(configurer) {
public void preWindowOpen() {
super.preWindowOpen();
IWorkbenchWindowConfigurer wc= getWindowConfigurer();
wc.setShellStyle(SWT.RIGHT_TO_LEFT | wc.getShellStyle());
}
}
}

Of course you would not always set SWT.RIGHT_TO_LEFT but do this
probably based on the user's locale.

Dani
> The workaround of adding '-nl ar' to the .ini file might not apply to
> our product since our product is an installer of itself. The installer
> can be downloaded to any platform.
> Janice.

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Re: Eclipse Layout Problem on Bidi OS [message #674430 is a reply to message #672275]

Thu, 26 May 2011 21:39

Eclipse User

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Registered: July 2009

Junior Member

Thank you, Dani!

The workaround code works after the workbench starts. But for any windows opened before the workbench starts, the layout is still LTR. For example, the progress bar on the Splash Screen, dialogs opened after "PlatformUI.createDisplay()" and before "PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench()". Any suggestion to those problems?

Janice.

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Re: Eclipse Layout Problem on Bidi OS [message #675663 is a reply to message #674430]

Wed, 01 June 2011 07:04

Dani Megert

Messages: 3802
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On 26.05.2011 23:39, forums-noreply@eclipse.org wrote:
> Thank you, Dani!
>
> The workaround code works after the workbench starts. But for any
> windows opened before the workbench starts, the layout is still LTR.
> For example, the progress bar on the Splash Screen, dialogs opened
> after "PlatformUI.createDisplay()" and before
> "PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench()". Any suggestion to those problems?
You could also set the default orientation in the start method of your
application (see
org.eclipse.equinox.app.IApplication.start(IApplicationContext)) using
the following code:
Window.setDefaultOrientation(SWT.RIGHT_TO_LEFT);

Dani
>
> Janice.

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Re: Eclipse Layout Problem on Bidi OS [message #728352 is a reply to message #671462]

Fri, 23 September 2011 05:10

Shankar Ramachandran

Messages: 6
Registered: September 2011

Junior Member

Hi,

I have a similar problem where the Application title bar and the menu bar don't come in RTL mode (Right to left mirroring) while the rest of the view does. I am using Eclipse 3.5.1 to do this and I am not sure why it is behaving this way. Is there any explicit setting that needs to be done in the Manifest/plugin.xml to get this working in RTL for the Menu and Application title bars also?

The application's view is properly displaying all contents in RTL mode and so are the dialog boxes and pop ups. Just the main screen has this problem. Please provide me with some leads. i tried the changes suggested here but they didn't help.

Thanks

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