[news.eclipse.platform.swt] Re: Grid spacing too large on Motif

["Steve Northover" <steve_northover@xxxxxxxxxx>]

From the description it sounds like Motif behavior.  When you create buttons
in a dialog shell (a shell who's parent is a shell rather than the display),
then Motif leaves extra space for the default button emphasis.  You should
be able to get rid of it using .Xdefaults.  You'll need to post a complete
snippet for me to be sure.

<kozitza@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:csoo6i$s34$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I cannot seem to get my gui to look right on aix with motif (linux and
> window does not have the problem). I am using the gridlayout to layout
> several rows that contain Buttons and Text widgets.  However the vertical
> spacing between the grid locations is too wide.   I have set the
> GridLayout.veriticalSpacing to 0 and I have set the
> GridLayout.marginHeight to 0.  I see the affects of this on linux and
> windows, but not on AIX with motif.
>
> I have also tried to play with the .Xdefaults to decrease sizes with the
> following:
>
> *spacing :0
> *XmTextField.marginHeight: 0
> *XmPushButton.marginHeight: 0
> *XmToggleButton.marginHeight: 0
>
> Although these changes seem to help some none of them remove the extra
> vertical space between rows.   One panel has several rows and there is
> just too much wasted space.
>
> By the way, I am using eclipse 3.0.1
>
> Brian Kozitza
>
>