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Pargat
Pargat

Reputation: 769

Wrap exceeding content of combo box in available space?

I have been working on an SWT project. I have a combo box whose values are set through database. I have set a fixed size for combo box but when a long string is set as an item for it, the width of combobox exceeds out of set size. I want the combo box to wrap the content by shifting the exceeding string to next line.

Here's my code:

String items[] = {"A","B","WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW","C"};
Combo combo =new Combo(comp, SWT.WRAP);
combo.setItems(items);
combo.select(0);
GridData gridData = new GridData(GridData.FILL_HORIZONTAL);
combo.setLayoutData(gridData);

Upvotes: 0

Views: 685

Answers (3)

Sameer Gowda
Sameer Gowda

Reputation: 1

If you are making use of the GridLayout on the parent composite, GridData with widthHint can be set as layout data to the Combo control. However, dropdown/hints would still overflow the set width

Upvotes: 0

sambi reddy
sambi reddy

Reputation: 3085

You will not be able to achieve WRAP in SWT Combo.

You may want to look at

http://www.eclipse.org/nebula/widgets/tablecombo/tablecombo.php

I am not sure TableCombo supports multi line items. But you can achieve that by using OwnerDrawLabelProvider on TableViewer.

Upvotes: 1

Waqas Ilyas
Waqas Ilyas

Reputation: 3241

Combo does not support SWT.WRAP. What you are describing is not possible through any of the standard widgets. This will have to be a completely custom control.

Upvotes: 0

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