CODEWITHSUNDEEP
eclipse-pluginswteclipse-rcpjface
srk
srk

Reputation: 5126

How to place a gif image in Label of a view in RCP application

I have a Lable(org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Label) in a view for which I've set an image which is a gif image,named ajax.gif using label.setImage(); In this case image is shown without animation, is there a way do this(show animated gif)?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 784

Answers (1)

Frettman
Frettman

Reputation: 2271

SWT labels do not support this out of the box. But you can implement it yourself by using a separate thread to cycle through the images in a certain interval and set them on the label. There's an official SWT code snippet that will show you how to do it.

Upvotes: 6

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