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Re: Re: [platform-swt-dev] Some questions for the SWT developers
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Hello Carolyn!
> From: Carolyn_MacLeod@xxxxxxx
> Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2002 20:55:26 -0400
> Delivered-to: platform-swt-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
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> Swing widgets are "lightweight", which means that they are drawn
> by the widget toolkit when they need to be displayed. They can be
> created without a parent and passed around, etc., but they don't
> need to have a platform handle until the moment when they are
drawn.
>
> SWT widgets are real platform widgets. Each widget has a platform
> handle from the moment it is created, which means it needs a
parent.
> Most platforms do not support creating a widget without specifying
> its parent. Perhaps it is better explained in this SWT FAQ entry:
AWT widgets are "heavyweight" like SWT ones but still they don't need a
parent argument in their constructor! I can't believe that an OS needs a parent
reference for creating a widget. Which OS needs this? How is AWT able to do it
without?
Thank you for your answers,
Dr. Seltsam
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