[news.eclipse.platform.swt] Re: SWT Label redraw()/update()

[Florian Georg <Florian.Georg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

Calling "layout()" on the parent Composite might help.
(I have had a simmilar problem when adding/disposing controls
within a composite dynamically)

- Florian



Don Sedota wrote:
> I can't seem to get the repaint or specifically the redraw(), followed by
> an update(), to work for SWT labels within my plugin. I am trying to
> update the text in a particular Label within a customized view by doing
> the following while inside the event loop thread;
>
> label.setText(someText);
> label.redraw();
> label.update();
>
> It looks like the label.setText() is working, but the Label does not
> reflect the changes until I resize the screen. Does anyone have any idea
> what I might be missing? BTW - I'm running the plugin via the runtime
> workbench, if that makes any difference.