[news.eclipse.platform.swt] Re: eclipse style tab folder

[HS <henrysun99999@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you for your reply Ali :)
actually I am learning RCP. At the same time, I am trying to come up 
with a small pilot application without using RCP. This one-off 
application is for demonstration purpose and I want it to be simple. Is 
there any way I can reproduce the eclipse view with SWT and Jface? I 
just want a main frame with 2 areas. after a user close the last tab in 
area 1, area 2 will fill the whole frame and a button will reopen area 1 
in its original position...

Cheers,
HS

Ali Naddaf wrote:
> Henry,
>
> Eclipse is using the RCP platform and what you see as different "areas" 
> in there correspond to Editors or Views; they are defined by sub 
> classing appropriate classes and  "Perspectives" are in charge of 
> putting them together to form what you see. Using RCP platform, a lot of 
> what you want comes for free and is provided by the platform out of the 
> box. You may want to look into that if you have time to play with 
> something new.
>
> Ali.
>
>
> Henry wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I want to add a navigation tree to my GUI and I want it works like the 
> > Package Explorer view and it's container from Eclipse. So if a user 
> > choose to close this navigation tree and if the navigation tree is the 
> > last tab in the container, the container should be closed 
> > automatically at the same time.
> > I guess the eclipse view is a number of sashforms each one with a 
> > cTabFolder in it. Am I right? And how can I hide the container that 
> > contains the cTabfolder after the last tab is closed? Since I am new 
> > to SWT and Jface, an example or a link to an example well be very 
> > helpful. Any help will be highly appreciated.
> >
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Henry