[news.eclipse.platform.swt] Re: Hide columns in table

[Lindsey George <lindseygeorge@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Yves!

Yves Harms wrote:
> Lindsey George wrote:
>
> > I would like to hide certain columns, or provide a user with a menu to 
> > hide certain columns in a Table or TableTree. For example, in an 
> > e-mail client I would have "Sender" "Subject" "Date" columns, and I 
> > want to hide, say, the "Date" column. Or if I run my application in 
> > regular mode as opposed to development/debug mode, I would like to 
> > show or hide columns accordingly. Any suggestions on how to accomplish 
> > this?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Lindsey.
>
>
> Hiding a column:
>
> column.setWidth(0);
> column.setResizeable(false);
>
> Triggering a menue:
> Right clicks on a table headers are not recognized, a workaround could 
> be e.g. STRG+left klick. To get the STRG modifier you have to add a 
> filter to the display. The keymasks of the SelectionEvents for the 
> tableHeader seem to be buggy.
>
> Yves