[news.eclipse.newcomer] Re: Draw custom text on Table

[Eric Rizzo <eclipse-news@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Agata Vackova wrote:
> Hello,
>  is it possible to draw custom text on the table?
>  I have Table and TableViewer and if there is not data to show, I would 
> like to display text with such message. I'd like the message to be in 
> first row, but go throw the more columns or to be in a special place 
> (eg. in the middle of control).

You can probably use the Owner Draw feature to do this. See some 
examples on the Snippets page: 
http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/JFaceSnippets

Hope this helps,
Eric