[news.eclipse.platform.swt] Re: SWT.EraseItem draw event

["Grant Gayed" <grant_gayed@xxxxxxxxxx>]

(in case you haven't seen it:
http://www.eclipse.org/articles/Article-CustomDrawingTableAndTreeItems/customDraw.htm )

"Grant Gayed" <grant_gayed@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:el6s0r$8r0$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi Aristide,
>
> Specifying the width does not change anything for you because your table
has
> columns, and it's the column widths that determine the widths of their
> cells.  To change your column width you should use
> TableColumn.setWidth(300), or alternatively pack() the column (if you do
> this then the width from your MeasureItem callbacks will be used to
> determine the column's new size).
>
> Grant
>
>
> "Aristide Lecomte" <spam@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:el44oo$od4$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Hi all,
> >
> >   I use Eclipse 3.2.1
> >   I am creating a view (for a plugin) wich contains a table. As I want
> > to customize the table I use the SWT.EraseItem draw event where I change
> > the cell size. If the change of the heigth works the change of the width
> > does not. Is it a bug or have I done something wrong ?
> >
> > public void createPartControl(Composite parent) {
> >     Display display = parent.getDisplay();
> >
> >     final Table table = new Table(parent, SWT.NONE);
> >     table.setBounds(10, 10, 150, 200);
> >     table.setLinesVisible(true);
> >
> >     final TableColumn column0 = new TableColumn(table, SWT.NONE);
> > column0.setWidth(100);
> >     final TableColumn column1 = new TableColumn(table, SWT.NONE);
> > column1.setWidth(100);
> >     for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
> >        TableItem item = new TableItem(table, SWT.NONE);
> >        item.setText(0, "item " + i + " col 0");
> >        item.setText(1, "item " + i + " col 1");
> >     }
> >
> >     final Color red = display.getSystemColor(SWT.COLOR_RED);
> >     final Color yellow = display.getSystemColor(SWT.COLOR_YELLOW);
> >
> >     table.addListener(SWT.MeasureItem, new Listener() {
> >        public void handleEvent(Event event) {
> >
> >           int clientWidth = table.getClientArea().width;
> > event.height = 100; // works
> > event.width = 300; // does not work !!!????
> >
> >        }
> >     });
> > }
>
>