[news.eclipse.platform.swt] Re: Labels in ToolBars

["Grant Gayed" <grant_gayed@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Dave,

I think the only way to do this is to set the item's control to a Composite
and then center the Label on the Composite.  This is demonstrated in the
snippet below which is a modified Snippet58:

public static void main (String [] args) {
    Display display = new Display ();
    Shell shell = new Shell (display);
    ToolBar bar = new ToolBar (shell, SWT.BORDER);
    for (int i=0; i<4; i++) {
        ToolItem item = new ToolItem (bar, 0);
        item.setText ("Item " + i);
    }
    ToolItem sep = new ToolItem (bar, SWT.SEPARATOR);
    int start = bar.getItemCount ();
    for (int i=start; i<start+4; i++) {
        ToolItem item = new ToolItem (bar, 0);
        item.setText ("Item " + i);
    }

    Composite composite = new Composite(bar, SWT.NONE);
    composite.setLayout(new GridLayout());
    Label label = new Label (composite, SWT.NONE);
    label.setText("hi there");
    label.setLayoutData(new GridData(GridData.CENTER, GridData.CENTER,
false, false));
    composite.pack ();

    sep.setWidth (composite.getSize ().x);
    sep.setControl (composite);
    bar.pack ();
    shell.pack ();
    shell.open ();
    while (!shell.isDisposed ()) {
        if (!display.readAndDispatch ()) display.sleep ();
    }
    display.dispose ();
}

HTH,
Grant


"Dave Smith" <dave.smith@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:fgsgu4$c8m$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I am adding some Labels to a Toolbar widget.
> Is there some way that I can vertically center the label within the
toolbar?