Bug 153937 - [Preferences] calcNumberOfColumns in org.eclipse.jface.preference.FieldEditorPreferencePage should be protected
Summary: [Preferences] calcNumberOfColumns in org.eclipse.jface.preference.FieldEditor...
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Platform
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: UI (show other bugs)
Version: 3.2   Edit
Hardware: PC Windows XP
: P3 enhancement (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: Platform-UI-Inbox CLA
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Reported: 2006-08-15 13:07 EDT by John J. Barton CLA
Modified: 2009-08-30 02:22 EDT (History)
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Description John J. Barton CLA 2006-08-15 13:07:37 EDT 
FieldEditorPreferencePage formats with GridLayout based on the max number of controls in any field editor added.  Subclasses need to know that max number to adjust say spanning controls to the colunm count.  So the method calcNumberOfColumns should be protected rathter than private.  It just computes a number with no side effects.

Also the javadoc refers to a method "createLayout"; it does not seem to exist.
Comment 1 Tod Creasey CLA 2007-03-14 15:31:03 EDT 
API has frozen for 3.3 but if you want to contribute a patch we could consider it for a later release.
Comment 2 Denis Roy CLA 2009-08-30 02:22:42 EDT 
As of now 'LATER' and 'REMIND' resolutions are no longer supported.
Please reopen this bug if it is still valid for you.