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

[Ali Naddaf <ali@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Henry,

I haven't worked with sashes, so what I am saying here is more like 
guessing. I think you can programmatically do what you want by using the 
events that are triggered by your actions; for example when you close 
each tab, check to see if there is any other tab left there or not and 
then "move" the sash to cover the whole window (say, using the 
FormLayout and then manipulating the FormData that is attached to the 
side of your sash, i.e. reattaching a new FormData). Will that give you 
what you want?

Ali.





HS wrote:
> 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