Having used various other table (aka grid) controls in other languages, I
am now trying to make SWT/JFace tables live up to the standards they set.
Drawing a cell completely on your own would seem to be the way out of any
problems where the designers of SWT got a little lazy and left features
out.
The problem I encounter in the leftmost column is, no matter what,
JFace/SWT leaves a white margin along the left edge of the cell. I.e.,
they do not let you draw in the entire cell. Someone made some choices
about aesthetics, and you are stuck with them.