[news.eclipse.platform.swt] Re: problems with my composite

[lifesting@xxxxxxx (David Chan)]

Torsten 'Ilja' Rathgen wrote:

> hello again,
> if I'm writing too confusingly please say it to me, english is not my 
> mother tongue.

> here is my problem:
> i have a composite in the right top corner of my shell, on the left and 
> on bottom is a sash each so the size is readjustable.
> inside this composite i have labels, images and stuff, which changes 
> often (each time it changes i dispose all children of composite and add 
> them again).
> my problem is that i want to use the maximum size that is given by the 
> two sashes and the corner of my shell. how do i calculate the current 
> size of this available space? because i think i have to set the size of 
> the composite first, so i can use pack() afterwards to show it properly.

> what is confusing me is that when i resize one of the sashs the 
> composite gets drawn perfectly using the maximum space, but not when i 
> rebuild the stuff inside my composite.

> thanks in advance

> regards Ilja

You can use the new composite *SashForm*, but the SWT 3.2 is needed.