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Reputation: 514

SWT Combo with only dropdown arrow shown

I am looking for a SWT Combo where only dropdown arrow is shown in order to save space.

I found that setting a GridData.widthHint to the width of the arrow icon on the Combo might do the trick.

The question is how do I ask the Combo layout the exact width of the down arrow on the Combo so that I can set that as the widthHint?

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Update:

Looks like even setting the widthHint = 0 still shows part of the text field. So any other ideas would be welcome.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 713

Answers (1)

greg-449
greg-449

Reputation: 111142

I don't see a way to get the drop down button width. Messing around with the width hint is likely to be very platform dependent.

An alternative would be to use code similar to the CCombo control but without the Text field. This uses a Button with the SWT.ARROW | SWT.DOWN style:

Button button = new Button(parent, SWT.ARROW | SWT.DOWN);

When the button is pressed an SWT List control is displayed.

Upvotes: 3

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