[news.eclipse.dsdp.ercp] Re: TabFolder implementation in eSWT

["Mark Rogalski" <rogalski@xxxxxxxxxx>]

TabFolder was not included in eSWT because navigation through such a widget 
embedded in a Composite can be extremely tricky on non-touch screen devices. 
We were very concerned that applications using TabFolder might not be tested 
on non-touch devices and would not be operable on them. This would break 
eRCP's promise of binary compatibility across different devices.

Additionally, TabFolder is not a native widget in some native GUIs (like 
Series 80) and would have had to been emulated. This would hurt eSWT's 
promise of a light wrapper over native widgets.

"Chris Aniszczyk" <caniszczyk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
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> sridevi wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm looking for an alternative of TabFolder in eSWT. I know that there 
>> exists a MultiPageDialog which behaves more or less like a TabFolder but 
>> it opens a new dialog every time when MPD is created. Hence, I can't use 
>> it.
>>
>> Anyone has other ideas on how to achieve the Tab functionality in eSWT. I 
>> would appreciate if someone has custom TabFolder implementation for eSWT 
>> and can share it.
>> Thanks in advance.
>
> Moving this question to the eRCP newsgroup as that's where the eSWT 
> experts are.
>
> Cheers,
>
> ~ Chris