org.eclipse.pde.internal.ds.ui

Class SWTUtil [ source ]

java.lang.Object

org.eclipse.pde.internal.ds.ui.SWTUtil

public class SWTUtil
extends Object

Utility class to simplify access to some SWT resources.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
SWTUtil()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static int	getButtonWidthHint(Button button) Returns a width hint for a button control.
static Shell	getShell(Widget widget) Returns the shell for the given widget.
static Display	getStandardDisplay() Returns the standard display to be used.
static void	setButtonDimensionHint(Button button) Sets width and height hint for the button control.
static void	setDialogSize(Dialog dialog, int width, int height)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

SWTUtil

public SWTUtil()

Method Detail

getStandardDisplay

public static Display getStandardDisplay()

Returns the standard display to be used. The method first checks, if the thread calling this method has an associated disaply. If so, this display is returned. Otherwise the method returns the default display.

getShell

public static Shell getShell(Widget widget)

Returns the shell for the given widget. If the widget doesn't represent a SWT object that manage a shell, null is returned.

Returns:

the shell for the given widget

getButtonWidthHint

public static int getButtonWidthHint(Button button)

Returns a width hint for a button control.

setButtonDimensionHint

public static void setButtonDimensionHint(Button button)

Sets width and height hint for the button control. Note: This is a NOP if the button's layout data is not an instance of GridData.

Parameters:

the - button for which to set the dimension hint

setDialogSize

public static void setDialogSize(Dialog dialog,
                 int width,
                 int height)