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RE: [ptp-dev] Minimum expected display size for Eclipse user?
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ScrolledComposite is evil. The last time I tried, I just kept hacking away
at the options until it worked. And even then it didn't work exactly how I
wanted. There must be examples out there. The Eclipse help didn't help at
all.
Doug Schaefer, QNX Software Systems
Eclipse CDT Project Lead, http://cdtdoug.blogspot.com
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> From: ptp-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ptp-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Dave Wootton
> Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 3:31 PM
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> Subject: Re: [ptp-dev] Minimum expected display size for Eclipse user?
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> Some more info:
> I added a ControlListener to 'parent', and to my ScrolledComposite and
> Composite objects, with a println in the controlResized() method. I see
> resize events for the ScrolledComposite each time createControl() is
> invoked, and where 'parent' and my top level Composite don't get resize
> events. When I resize the launch configuration pane manually, I don't see
> any resize events at all for any of these three widgets. It seems a higher
> level widget might be getting them. This could explain why my scrollbars
> don't work.
> Dave
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> I'm trying to make this work with a scrollbar but I'm missing something.
> Originally, my code in createControl() was createing a Compoiste object
> which I then filled in with a TabPane and a couple other widgets, where
> the parent of this Composite object was the Composite object passed as
> 'parent' in the createControl() invocation.
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> I've now changed my code to create a ScrolledComposite object as the
> immediate child of 'parent, then use the ScrolledComposite object as the
> parent of my top level Composite object, also calling
> ScrolledComposite.setContent() so that the ScrolledComposite object knows
> what it contains. Once I fully populate my top level Composite object, I
> call computeSize() and setSize() on the Composite and then
> setMinimumSize() on the ScrolledComposite, where I think I am following
> case 2 in the online help for ScrolledComposite.
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> I end up with a display, with scroll bars, since I also call
> setAlwaysShowScrollBars() for now, However, the scroll bars are always
> full height, and my Composite does not scroll, as if the ScrolledComposite
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> always thinks its big enough to display all of my Composite object. If I
> shring the launch configuration panel, then the bottom of my Composite
> object gets clipped. If I omit the call to setContent(), then the
> scrollbars are able to scroll, but my Composite object doesn't scroll.
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> I must be missing something obvious, but don't know what.
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> Dave
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> Yes I vote for scrollbar.
> 1024x768 will always be needed, especially for LCD projectors and demos.
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> ...Beth
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> Dave,
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> Can you add a scrollbar?
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> R^2
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> On Thu, 2007-05-31 at 11:49 -0400, Dave Wootton wrote:
> > Is there an expected minimum display size for Eclipse users? I'm looking
> > at a launch configuration panel parallel tab with my implementation of
> > AbstractRMLaunchConfigurationDynamicTab, and it looks like it is too
> tall
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> > for a 1024x768 resolution display on my laptop. I removed the calls to
> > createVerticalSpacer() in the ParallelTab class, and the launch
> > configuration panel barely fits afterward. If ParallelTab provided an
> > option to remove the queue dropdown, as well as the machine dropdown,
> that
> > would help in cases where I don't need either.
> >
> > If this needs to run on a 1024x768 display, then I probably need to
> create
> > more tabs in my panel and move some fields around. Is 1024x768
> considered
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> > usable for Eclipse?
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