Questions tagged [tableviewer]

Eclipse JFace TableViewer component, concrete viewer based on a SWT Table control.

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What does JFace add to SWT?

What is the difference betweem the following: TreeViewer & Tree TableViewer & Table TreeViewerColumn & TreeColumn TableViewerColumn & TableColumn When to use viewer & regular widget? PS: It would a great help if you can help me find a good…
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Best Practices - SWT Table, TableViewer, EditingSupport

I am adding a table to my main GUI. It does show up and has the data it is suppose to show. But I feel like I have a big mess of code and it is not structured correctly. I am looking for someone that uses SWT a lot to help me put the right pieces of…
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Using Eclipse TableViewer, how do I navigate and edit cells with arrow keys?

I am using a TableViewer with a content provider, label provider, a ICellModifier and TextCellEditors for each column. How can I add arrow key navigation and cell editing when the user selects the cell? I would like this to be as natural a behavior…
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Why do we need ContentProviders for JFace Viewers (TableViewers specifically)?

I have always wondered why we exactly need ContentProviders for JFace TableViewers? I know that getElements() method of a ContentProvider class will return an Array or Collection of Objects which corresponds to rows on the table and getElements will…
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Adding a remove button to a column in a table

Is it possible to add a Remove button to a cell in a table? I have a table with 5 columns, I would like to add a 6th column. I want the 6th column to have a remove button in each row. Example Row: | 10002 | part | Metal | 001 | Yes | …
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SWT - Table vs. TableViewer

I am creating a new project using SWT. I will have 3 or 4 different tables in the project. I am fairly new to SWT and I find myself asking should I be using just the Table or should it be a TableViewer. I am wanting to learn some good guidelines on…
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Strange alignment and layout in tableviewer with image

I use a TableViewer with two columns. The first should contain text and the second an image depending on the state of the object. The label provider is a custom provider which extends LabelProvider and implements ITableLayoutProvider. When no image…
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TableViewer, defining an initial sorting order has no effect on data

pratically I build up a tableviewer as usual, but initially it does not sort all the rows according the column defined for sorting. The code I am…
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Putting an image in to a JFace table Cell is causing gap for image to appear in first column

So I have a problem, when I add an image to any column of a JFace table the first column also behaves like it has an image in and the text is indented by the size of that image. Here's a screenshot illustrating my point with the code needed to…
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swt table turn off sort arrows in column header

I have the following code which allows the columns in my table to sort by ascending or descending order. protected void setSortColumn(GridPanelColumn gridPanelColumn, TableColumn column) { table.setRedraw(false); // check if already…
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How can I set the selection on a swt table using setSelection and setting reveal to false?

I'm trying to select some items in my table, but I DON'T want them to be revealed. The problem is that calling the method (seen below) automatically results in showSelected() being called inside of Table.class and that is not what I…
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how to delete selected rows (multiple rows) from CheckboxTableViewer when button clicks? (table is connected to oracle database)

i hava a CheckboxTableViewer which has 10 columns, and the table is filled from database, and i have a button outside the table named as "Delete", what i want to do is:- when i select rows using check box (multiple selection also) and when i press…
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JFace ColumnWeigthData causes parent to grow

I got an Eclipse RCP app and want to use dynamic column size in a TableViewer using ColumnWeigthData as ColumnLayoutData. Problem is that the parent form (ScrolledForm in example code) grows a few pixels whenever I layout the table. To reproduce you…
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Widgets in JFace TableViewer cells?

I am developing an application using JFace on Eclipse 3.6 and I would like to have actual widgets - mostly checkboxes and buttons - in a TableViewer. Everything I have found seems to suggest that this is not possible at the moment. My current…
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Make a JFace TableViewer resize with it's surrounding composite?

Using the WindowBuilder for Eclipse, I have created a TableViewer which I have placed inside a composite. (The TableViewer creates an SWT Table, in which the TableViewer itself is inserted). I have tried to make the composite resizable by setting…
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