[news.eclipse.platform.swt] Re: How to resize a MessageDialog subclass a

[Daniel Spiewak <djspiewak@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dialog is an extensible class and it works great.  I generally prefer to extend Composite, then create a Shell in the constructor and thus manually tune the Shell parameters so that it becomes a dialog.  Dialog is just a wrapper class around a few Composite(s) and a Shell.  Try SWT.DIALOG_TRIM and parenting Shell(s) on other Shell(s).  It's fairly simple to simulate any number of the MessageBox styles.  Remember, you can use the Display#getSystemImage(int) method along with one of the SWT.ICON_* styles to get the various system images (Warning, Error, Information, etc).  Though, be forewarned that you should use a Canvas to render the image and not a Label.  A Label will either create a black background for the image, or the image will be very pixelated.  Anyway, good luck.