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user3726374

Reputation: 605

Restrict size of Text widget

We have a Text widget whose input is changed dynamically. The size is computed after setting a new input. The size should always be as small as possible

This works all fine. I was just wondering if it is in any way possible to restrict the size of this Text. If a lot of lines are added to the text, it takes up all of the composite. Is there any way to update the size of the Text widget after changing the text, but only up to a certain maximum value?

So far, I tried to add a resize listener on the Text. The problem is though, that the widget is resized, but the space is taken from the buttom. So the other content above is covered anyways.

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Upvotes: 0

Views: 102

Answers (1)

Baz
Baz

Reputation: 36884

You can use GridData#heightHint to restrict the size of the Text. Here is an example that restricts the height to three (3) lines:

public static void main(String[] args)
{
    Display display = new Display();
    Shell shell = new Shell();
    shell.setText("StackOverflow");
    shell.setLayout(new GridLayout(1, false));

    final Text text = new Text(shell, SWT.BORDER | SWT.MULTI | SWT.V_SCROLL);
    text.setLayoutData(new GridData(SWT.FILL, SWT.TOP, true, true));

    text.addListener(SWT.Modify, new Listener()
    {
        private int height  = 0;

        @Override
        public void handleEvent(Event arg0)
        {
            int newHeight = computeHeight(text, 3);

            if (newHeight != height)
            {
                height = newHeight;
                GridData gridData = (GridData) text.getLayoutData();
                gridData.heightHint = height;
                text.setLayoutData(gridData);
                text.getParent().layout(true, true);
            }
        }
    });

    shell.pack();
    shell.setSize(400, 300);
    shell.open();

    while (!shell.isDisposed())
    {
        if (!display.readAndDispatch())
        {
            display.sleep();
        }
    }
    display.dispose();
}

private static int computeHeight(Text text, int maxHeight)
{
    int height = text.getText().split("\n", -1).length;
    return Math.min(height, maxHeight) * text.getLineHeight();
}

Upvotes: 3

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