[news.eclipse.platform.swt] Re: Can I do custom painting of a widget on

[Billy Biggs <bbiggs@xxxxxxxxxx>]

John Didion wrote:
> I'm developing an RCP application and using standard Workbench 
> components. However, I'd like a slightly different look-and-feel than 
> the default that Eclipse provides. For example, I'd like to display the 
> Fast View Bar without borders or a handle, with less padding, and make 
> the buttons display both an icon and text. Is there anything equivalent 
> to Swing look-and-feel? Or even a way to override the paint methods on 
> Workbench widegets?

  It may not be as rich as you need, but see the presentations and 
theme APIs in the Platform UI code and help documentation.

  -Billy