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

["Steve Northover" <steve_northover@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Did someone call setRedraw(false) on an ancestor?  This turns off drawing
for the widget and all children.  Can you construct a snippet that shows the
problem?  If so, enter a Bugzilla report.  Thanks.

"Don Sedota" <sedota@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> 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.
>
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