[news.eclipse.newcomer] Re: Widgets as in iGoogle or the MacOS X Dashboa

[Eric Rizzo <eclipse-news@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 3/17/2009 6:58 AM, Alessandro Adamou wrote:
> Hello,
>
> sorry for bringing up this thread, but one month later I still haven't
> found a solution.
>
> Some suggested using the Graphical Editing Framework, but what I am
> looking for is more than just a diagram. I need these gadgets to have
> embedded SWT controls, or something like that.
>
> I do not want to develop an AJAX user interface and display it in a
> browser view, as it would be a lot more difficult to interact with the
> model. That's like the kind of effect I would like to have from a UI
> point of view, though.
>
> Could you at least hint at what kind of information you need to know in
> order to help me out please?

IIRC, there were some suggestions but you were not satisfied with any of 
them. I interpret the subsequent silence as a sign that what you seem to 
be trying to do is no supported in SWT.
I believe that it was suggested you ask on the SWT newsgroup, too. did 
you try that?

Eric