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

["Grant Gayed" <grant_gayed@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Actually SashForm isn't new to 3.2, it goes pretty far back in the eclipse
timeline.  For an example of using SashForm see
http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/%7Echeckout%7E/org.eclipse.swt.snippets/src/org/eclipse/swt/snippets/Snippet109.java .

In general (whether you're using Sash or SashForm) your best bet for making
the Composite's contents fill the full available space is to set a layout on
your Composite.  For an example of this in the context of a Sash see
http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/%7Echeckout%7E/org.eclipse.swt.snippets/src/org/eclipse/swt/snippets/Snippet107.java .

Grant


"David Chan" <lifesting@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:a45eb75d13dbdab361cfcad2240daf08$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 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.
>