[news.eclipse.platform.swt] Re: Layout problem with Text

[Eric Rizzo <eclipse-news@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Steffen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a (single line) text widget in a scrolled form and want to let 
> the widget fill the space left in a row (so using GridLayout I turned 
> grab excess horizontal space on). Unfortunately the text widget grows 
> also if the containing text exceeds the available space and therefore 
> the scroll bar becomes visible. How can I configure the layout to let 
> widget fill and grab excess space without exceeding the available space? 

It's kind of hard to debug without a complete snippet of code, but 
here's a shot in the dark: try setting the widthHint of the Text 
GridData to 1 but keep the horizonalAlignment as FILL and the 
grabExcessHorizontalSpace as true. The widthHint should cause the layout 
to think the preferred size of the Text is only 1 pixel (to keep it from 
causing the parent to grow), and the FILL+grabExcessHorizontalSpace 
should tell it to fill whatever space the parent does give it.

Hope this helps,
	Eric