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Example for usinga ScrolledComposite with expanding content (see http://www.codeaffine.com/2016/03/01/swt-scrolledcomposite/)
package com.codeaffine.example;
import org.eclipse.swt.SWT;
import org.eclipse.swt.custom.ScrolledComposite;
import org.eclipse.swt.layout.GridData;
import org.eclipse.swt.layout.GridLayout;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Button;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Composite;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Event;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Listener;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell;
public class ScrolledCompositeWithExpandableContent {
public static void main( String[] args ) {
new ScrolledCompositeWithExpandableContent().run();
}
private Shell shell;
private ScrolledComposite scrolledComposite;
void run() {
createControls();
layoutControls();
openShell();
runEventLoop();
}
private void createControls() {
shell = new Shell( new Display() );
shell.setText( "Contact Details Form" );
shell.addListener( SWT.Dispose, event -> event.display.dispose() );
scrolledComposite = new ScrolledComposite( shell, SWT.V_SCROLL );
Composite content = createContent();
scrolledComposite.setContent( content );
scrolledComposite.setExpandVertical( true );
scrolledComposite.setExpandHorizontal( true );
scrolledComposite.addListener( SWT.Resize, event -> computeMinSize( content ) );
}
private void computeMinSize( Composite content ) {
int width = scrolledComposite.getClientArea().width;
scrolledComposite.setMinSize( content.computeSize( width, SWT.DEFAULT ) );
}
private void layoutControls() {
shell.setLayout( new GridLayout( 1, false ) );
GridData gridData = new GridData( SWT.FILL, SWT.FILL, true, true );
scrolledComposite.setLayoutData( gridData );
}
private void openShell() {
shell.pack();
shell.open();
}
private void runEventLoop() {
while( !shell.isDisposed() ) {
if( !shell.getDisplay().readAndDispatch() ) {
shell.getDisplay().sleep();
}
}
}
private Composite createContent() {
Composite composite = new Composite( scrolledComposite, SWT.NONE );
composite.setLayout( new GridLayout( 1, false ) );
for( int i = 0; i < 10; i++ ) {
Button button = new Button( composite, SWT.PUSH );
button.setData( "expanded", Boolean.FALSE );
button.setText( "Select to expand/collapse" );
button.setLayoutData( new GridData( SWT.FILL, SWT.FILL, false, false ) );
button.addListener( SWT.Selection, new Listener() {
@Override
public void handleEvent( Event event ) {
boolean expanded = ( ( Boolean )button.getData( "expanded" ) ).booleanValue();
expanded = !expanded;
button.setData( "expanded", Boolean.valueOf( expanded ) );
GridData gridData = new GridData( SWT.FILL, SWT.FILL, false, false );
if( expanded ) {
gridData.heightHint = 150;
}
button.setLayoutData( gridData );
computeMinSize( button.getParent() );
}
} );
}
return composite;
}
}
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