Re: [platform-swt-dev] Eclipse M9 and CTabFolder setBackground

[Bob Foster <bob@xxxxxxxxxx>]

But note, that statement applies to SWT only, not the rest of Eclipse.

Bob Foster

Steve Northover wrote:
> If you code against an official release such as 2.1.x or 3.0, you will 
> be binary compatible with future releases.  Coding against work in 
> progress means that API's can change right up till the release (but 
> NEVER after).
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> *"Andreas Martin" <a.martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>*
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> Thanks for your quick answers. When the final version 3.0 comes out, will
> the api be stable for the future? I use SWT to write my diploma thesis and I
> hope I don't have to change much of my source code every time a new version
> comes out.
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> Andreas
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>  > -----Original Message-----
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>  > Subject: Re: [platform-swt-dev] Eclipse M9 and CTabFolder
>  > setBackground
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>  > The API for CTabFolder is still under construction as noted
>  > in the Javadoc.  In M8, Eclipse used the
>  > CTabFolder.setBackground(gradient)
>  > method but for M9 it removed the use of the background
>  > gradient.  All API added in 3.0 that was not used by eclipse
>  > in M9 was removed.  We do not want to provide API that we do
>  > not exercise through eclipse.
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>  > Hallo!
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>  > My Name is Andreas Martin and this is my first post to this
>  > mailing list.
>  > I
>  > hope it's the right place for my question, I did not find a
>  > solution in
>  > bugzilla or the archives:
>  >
>  > I used a CTabFolder widget in Eclipse M8 and set the color gradient of
>  > inactive tabs of a CTabFolder with the function "setBackground(Color[]
>  > colors, int[] percents, boolean vertical)". I just upgraded
>  > to M9 and now
>  > I
>  > get the error "The method setBackground(Color[], int[],
>  > boolean) from the
>  > type CTabFolder is not visible".
>  >
>  > The definition in CTabFolder is "void setBackground(Color[]
>  > colors, int[]
>  > percents, boolean vertical)" and not "public void" like "public void
>  > setBackground (Color color)" you can find there too.
>  >
>  > Can somebody explain why the definition changed or help me
>  > what to do to
>  > get
>  > the gradient setBackground function back?
>  >
>  >
>  > Thanks
>  > Andreas Martin
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