[news.eclipse.tools] Re: Text fields too tall in Linux wizards

["Randy Hudson" <someone@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm no Linux expert, but I believe SWT is grabbing some System Font for the
default Motif widget  (Or actually, it just plain isn't setting the Font at
all).  Isn't this a User-specified setting that you could try adjusting?
You are probably looking at the default Font.

I remember CDE on Solaris presenting some Control-Panel like applet for such
properties. Again, I'm not a Motif junkie.

"Steve Francisco" <cisco@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> When running R0.9 on Linux (say SuSE 7.1) I notice that the general look
> of wizards is sloppy.  One of the most obvious problems is the size of
> some controls like text fields and combo boxes - they are much larger
> than their Windows counterparts, and cause a waste of screen real
> estate.  Is there a way to control this?
>
> For an example, look at the wizard for creating a new Java class on
> Windows and Linux.
>
> Another problem is the font size in the description area at the top.
> It's too large on Linux and text that fit fine on the 2 lines on Windows
> no longer fits on Linux.  The text splits to 3 lines and it tries to
> center the lines vertically, causing the top half of line 1 to go
> missing, as well as the bottom half of line 3.
>
> Are there general font preferences that I'm missing, or does this need
> to be fixed in JFace/SWT?
> -- Steve
>