[news.eclipse.platform.swt] Re: Alternative to Tree/Treeviewer

[Peter Kliem <peter@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Klaus,

you could evaluate the jaret table (http://jaret.de). However it is 
still alpha and I can not tell when it leaves it's alpha state.

Peter

Klaus Winter wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> i am looking for alternatives to the SWT Tree and the JFace TreeViewer. Our
> evalution with these controls disclosed some issues. The most important to
> us are:
> - the column header is not a control (SWT bug)
> -- does not allow context menues on column header
> -- does not allow drags on column headers
> - huge amount of root items in the tree not possible (Windows bug). 
> - tree not being aware of cells makes life real hard
>
> The Nebula Grid Widget comes close to the functionality we need. But being
> an alpha version this is not yet very promising (also i haven't found a
> roadmap or something about when and how things are progressing). I am glad
> for any hint to alternatives - be it open source or commercial controls -
> implemented in SWT.
>
> greetings,
> Klaus