Creates a ControlEditor for the specified Composite.
Removes all associations between the Editor and the underlying composite. The composite and the editor Control are <b>not</b> disposed.
Returns the Control that is displayed above the composite being edited.
Lays out the control within the underlying composite. This method should be called after changing one or more fields to force the Editor to resize.
Specify the Control that is to be displayed.
Specifies whether the editor should be sized to use the entire width of the control. True means resize the editor to the same width as the cell. False means do not adjust the width of the editor. The default value is false.
Specifies whether the editor should be sized to use the entire height of the control. True means resize the editor to the same height as the underlying control. False means do not adjust the height of the editor. The default value is false.
Specifies how the editor should be aligned relative to the control. Allowed values are SWT.LEFT, SWT.RIGHT and SWT.CENTER. The default value is SWT.CENTER.
Specifies the minimum height the editor can have. This is used in association with a true value of grabVertical. If the control becomes smaller than the minimumHeight, the editor will not made smaller than the minimum height value. The default value is 0.
Specifies the minimum width the editor can have. This is used in association with a true value of grabHorizontal. If the cell becomes smaller than the minimumWidth, the editor will not made smaller than the minimum width value. The default value is 0.
Specifies how the editor should be aligned relative to the control. Allowed values are SWT.TOP, SWT.BOTTOM and SWT.CENTER. The default value is SWT.CENTER.
A ControlEditor is a manager for a Control that appears above a composite and tracks with the moving and resizing of that composite. It can be used to display one control above another control. This could be used when editing a control that does not have editing capabilities by using a text editor or for launching a dialog by placing a button above a control.
<p> Here is an example of using a ControlEditor:
<code><pre> Canvas canvas = new Canvas(shell, SWT.BORDER); canvas.setBounds(10, 10, 300, 300); Color color = new Color(null, 255, 0, 0); canvas.setBackground(color); ControlEditor editor = new ControlEditor (canvas); // The editor will be a button in the bottom right corner of the canvas. // When selected, it will launch a Color dialog that will change the background // of the canvas. Button button = new Button(canvas, SWT.PUSH); button.setText("Select Color..."); button.addSelectionListener (new SelectionAdapter() { public void widgetSelected(SelectionEvent e) { ColorDialog dialog = new ColorDialog(shell); dialog.open(); RGB rgb = dialog.getRGB(); if (rgb !is null) { if (color !is null) color.dispose(); color = new Color(null, rgb); canvas.setBackground(color); }
} });
editor.horizontalAlignment = SWT.RIGHT; editor.verticalAlignment = SWT.BOTTOM; editor.grabHorizontal = false; editor.grabVertical = false; Point size = button.computeSize(SWT.DEFAULT, SWT.DEFAULT); editor.minimumWidth = size.x; editor.minimumHeight = size.y; editor.setEditor (button); </pre></code>
@see <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/swt/">Sample code and further information</a>