Re: [platform-swt-dev] Browser WEBKIT style

[Grant Gayed <Grant_Gayed@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Christopher,

The cross-platform API exposed by WebKit
is much more core than the one from Gecko, so each platform requires its
own WebKit port (basically a layer)  that bridges the gap between
this core functionality and embedding apps like SWT.  There isn't
a cross-platform WebKit api that would actually be useful to expose to
SWT clients, so consequently there isn't something comparable to JavaXPCOM
available.  As an example of this cross-platform difference, SWT has
a completely different implementation of WebKit.java for each supported
window system, whereas its Mozilla.java class is shared across them.

Chrome also uses WebKit, but it implements
its own port on top which is different from the win32 port provided by
Apple (even when running on Windows).  So SWT's Browser implementation
cannot embed WebKit from a Chrome installation.  To do so would require
Chrome's WebKit port to commit to providing a stable API for embedders,
and SWT would then have to do another implementation from scratch.  This
work is not currently planned.

Thanks for pointing out the redundant
FAQ entries, I'll merge them shortly.

Grant

Christopher Deckers <chrriis@xxxxxxxxx>
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Hi guys,

Now that there is the WEBKIT Browser style, are there any plans to
have a WebKit API similar to the MOZILLA style XPCOM API?

Also, the SWT FAQ states: "How do I explicitly use WebKit as the
Browser's underlying renderer? Windows: Safari must be installed".
I thought Chrome was also using Webkit. Isn't it possible to use it
when Chrome is installed? Any plans for that support if it is not the
case?


By-the-way, this is completely unrelated but I noticed the FAQ had 2
similar entries, which could probably be merged:

Why are some events like Selection not fired in response to
programmatic widget changes?
http://www.eclipse.org/swt/faq.php#noeventfire

Why doesn't a widget send events when I change it programmatically?
http://www.eclipse.org/swt/faq.php#noevents

Cheers,
-Christopher
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