[news.eclipse.tools] Re: Putting Composite into TableItem ?

[grant_gayed@xxxxxxxxxx (Grant Gayed)]

Valentino,

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> > w.r.t. font matching, if you specify a font to be used and it doesn\'t
> > exist on the host machine, a matching scheme is used to determine an
> > alternative available font to use instead.  However there\'s no guarantee
> > that the selected alternative will be able to display the same set of
> > characters, especially if you want to use drawing-like characters.
> > Embedding drawing characters in ordinary strings is generally discouraged.
> >
> Good to know. BTW, does this also apply to the fonts used for message
> dialogs etc. I mean, does a message dialog generally also use the under the
> workbench setup font preferences?

Assuming that the MessageDialog is part of an Eclipse plugin, then it
should be automatically assigned the "Dialog Font" font that's specified
on the Workbench - Fonts preference page.  The fonts for many other
Eclipse parts, such as the Status bar, come from the user's OS font
settings.

Grant