[news.eclipse.platform.swt] Re: cell renderer for widgets.list?

["Steve Northover" <steve_northover@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Don't rely on this.  It's not spec'd.

"Cagatay Kavukcuoglu" <cagatayk@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:bevq48$fc9$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Veronika Irvine wrote:
> > Widgets can paint outside of the paint event.  You are never guaranteed
that
> > the painting you do in the paint event will always be "on top".
> >
>
> Doesn't this contradict with the latest article on SWT graphics? On the
> "Drawing on a Control" section this is the last paragraph:
>
> "The application always get a paint event after the underlying OS has
> drawn the control, so any drawing done to the paint event's GC will be
> shown on top of the control.  There are some exceptions to this, such as
> for a ToolBar where on certain platforms the items are heavyweight
> controls that can't be drawn on top of, however this is not considered
> normal behavior. For general-purpose drawing the control
> org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Canvas can be used that is optimized for
> graphics operations."
>
> > "Cagatay Kavukcuoglu" <cagatayk@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:bdll51$84k$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >>Adam Kiezun wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>afaik, there's no way - Lists are for Strings
> >>>try Table
> >>>
> >>>a.
> >>>--
> >>>eclipse.org
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>Just wondering here... Would it possible to add a paint listener to the
> >>list and paint over the item manually?
> >>
> >
> >
> >
>