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RE: [ptp-dev] Minimum expected display size for Eclipse user?

Hmm. I didn't look there. This is actually better than what I found in the
Plug-in Programmers Guide.

Thanks, Beth.

Doug Schaefer, QNX Software Systems
Eclipse CDT Project Lead, http://cdtdoug.blogspot.com


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ptp-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ptp-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Beth Tibbitts
> Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 4:10 PM
> To: Parallel Tools Platform general developers
> Subject: RE: [ptp-dev] Minimum expected display size for Eclipse user?
> 
> There's a decent example here
> http://help.eclipse.org/help32/nftopic/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/refere
> nce/api/org/eclipse/swt/custom/ScrolledComposite.html
> But that's from the eclipse help which Doug said didn't help....
> it's just that this is a better example than most eclipse help anyways.
> It explains two different way to use it.
> I have *not* tried this, so take it for whatever it's worth, possibly
> nothing.
> 
> ...Beth
> 
> Beth Tibbitts  (859) 243-4981  (TL 545-4981)
> High Productivity Tools / Parallel Tools  http://eclipse.org/ptp
> IBM T.J.Watson Research Center
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> 
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>              05/31/2007 04:01          RE: [ptp-dev] Minimum expected
>              PM                        display size for Eclipse user?
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> 
> ScrolledComposite is evil. The last time I tried, I just kept hacking away
> at the options until it worked. And even then it didn't work exactly how I
> wanted. There must be examples out there. The Eclipse help didn't help at
> all.
> 
> Doug Schaefer, QNX Software Systems
> Eclipse CDT Project Lead, http://cdtdoug.blogspot.com
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ptp-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ptp-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> On
> > Behalf Of Dave Wootton
> > Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 3:31 PM
> > To: Parallel Tools Platform general developers
> > Subject: Re: [ptp-dev] Minimum expected display size for Eclipse user?
> >
> > Some more info:
> > I added a ControlListener to 'parent', and to my ScrolledComposite and
> > Composite objects, with a println in the controlResized() method. I see
> > resize events for the ScrolledComposite each time createControl() is
> > invoked, and where 'parent' and my top level Composite don't get resize
> > events. When I resize the launch configuration pane manually, I don't
> see
> > any resize events at all for any of these three widgets. It seems a
> higher
> > level widget might be getting them. This could explain why my scrollbars
> > don't work.
> > Dave
> >
> >
> >
> > Dave Wootton/Poughkeepsie/IBM@IBMUS
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> > 05/31/2007 03:19 PM
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> > Re: [ptp-dev] Minimum expected display size for Eclipse user?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > I'm trying to make this work with a scrollbar but I'm missing something.
> > Originally, my code in createControl() was createing a Compoiste object
> > which I then filled in with a TabPane and a couple other widgets, where
> > the parent of this Composite object was the Composite object passed as
> > 'parent' in the createControl() invocation.
> >
> > I've now changed my code to create a ScrolledComposite object as the
> > immediate child of 'parent, then use the ScrolledComposite object as the
> > parent of my top level Composite object, also calling
> > ScrolledComposite.setContent() so that the ScrolledComposite object
> knows
> > what it contains. Once I fully populate my top level Composite object, I
> > call computeSize() and setSize() on the Composite and then
> > setMinimumSize() on the ScrolledComposite, where I think I am following
> > case 2 in the online help for ScrolledComposite.
> >
> > I end up with a display, with scroll bars, since I also call
> > setAlwaysShowScrollBars() for now, However, the scroll bars are always
> > full height, and my Composite does not scroll, as if the
> ScrolledComposite
> >
> > always thinks its big enough to display all of my Composite object. If I
> > shring the launch configuration panel, then the bottom of my Composite
> > object gets clipped. If I omit the call to setContent(), then the
> > scrollbars are able to scroll, but my Composite object doesn't scroll.
> >
> > I must be missing something obvious, but don't know what.
> >
> > Dave
> >
> >
> >
> > Beth Tibbitts/Watson/IBM@IBMUS
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> > 05/31/2007 01:01 PM
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> > Re: [ptp-dev] Minimum expected display size for Eclipse user?
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> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Yes I vote for scrollbar.
> > 1024x768 will always be needed, especially for LCD projectors and demos.
> >
> > ...Beth
> >
> > Beth Tibbitts  (859) 243-4981  (TL 545-4981)
> > High Productivity Tools / Parallel Tools  http://eclipse.org/ptp
> > IBM T.J.Watson Research Center
> > Mailing Address:  IBM Corp., 455 Park Place, Lexington, KY 40511
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> >                                        Re: [ptp-dev] Minimum expected
> >              05/31/2007 12:01          display size for Eclipse user?
> >              PM
> >
> >
> >              Please respond to
> >               Parallel Tools
> >              Platform general
> >                 developers
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> >                    org>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Dave,
> >
> > Can you add a scrollbar?
> >
> > R^2
> >
> > On Thu, 2007-05-31 at 11:49 -0400, Dave Wootton wrote:
> > > Is there an expected minimum display size for Eclipse users? I'm
> looking
> > > at a launch configuration panel parallel tab with my implementation of
> > > AbstractRMLaunchConfigurationDynamicTab, and it looks like it is too
> > tall
> >
> > > for a 1024x768 resolution display on my laptop. I removed the calls to
> > > createVerticalSpacer() in the ParallelTab class, and the launch
> > > configuration panel barely fits afterward. If ParallelTab provided an
> > > option to remove the queue dropdown, as well as the machine dropdown,
> > that
> > > would help in cases where I don't need either.
> > >
> > > If this needs to run on a 1024x768 display, then I probably need to
> > create
> > > more tabs in my panel and move some fields around. Is 1024x768
> > considered
> >
> > > usable for Eclipse?
> > > Dave
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