[news.eclipse.platform.swt] Re: "Flat" widgets

["Stelian Iancu" <stelian.iancu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Where is the FormWidgetFactory class ? I cannot find it anywhere.

As for making the widgets flat, choose the SWT.FLAT style when you create
them.

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Regards,
Stelian Iancu

"Geoff Gibbs" <gg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Geoff Gibbs wrote:
> > How do I get my widgets to appear 'flat' like the ones used in eclipse?
> >
> > I've tried using the FormWidgetFactory but I don't really know how.
>
> I've worked it out. For anyone else who wants to know:
>
> If you tell FormWidgetFactory to paint the borders for a Composite, it
> will paint the borders of all of the composites children.
> For example:
>    FormWidgetFactory fwf = new FormWidgetFactory();
>    Composite page = new Composite(parent, SWT.NONE);
>    fwf.paintBordersFor(page);
>
>    new Text(page, SWT.NONE);
>
> The Text widget will be painted with a solid black border.
> Note: If the Text widget is created with SWT.BORDER then two borders
> will be drawn.
>
>
> Geoff
>