HORIZONTAL_ALIGN_BEGINNING, HORIZONTAL_ALIGN_CENTER, HORIZONTAL_ALIGN_END, HORIZONTAL_ALIGN_FILL: Set the horizontalAlignment field to value BEGINNING, CENTER, END, and FILL, respectively.
VERTICAL_ALIGN_BEGINNING, VERTICAL_ALIGN_CENTER, VERTICAL_ALIGN_END, VERTICAL_ALIGN_FILL: Set the verticalAlignment field to value BEGINNING, CENTER, END, and FILL, respectively.
GRAB_HORIZONTAL: Sets the grabExcessHorizontalSpace field to true.
GRAB_VERTICAL: Sets the grabExcessVerticalSpace field to true.
FILL_HORIZONTAL: Sets the horizontalAlignment field to FILL and grabExcessHorizontalSpace to true.
FILL_VERTICAL: Sets the verticalAlignment field to FILL and grabExcessVerticalSpace to true.
FILL_BOTH: Sets the horizontalAlignment field and the verticalAlignment field to FILL and the grabExcessHorizontalSpace field and the grabExcessVerticalSpace field to true.
(Taken from Professional Java Interfaces with SWT/JFace
by Jackwind Li Guojie
John Wiley & Sons 2005)
/*
All Right Reserved. Copyright (c) 1998, 2004 Jackwind Li Guojie
Created on 2004-5-2 18:55:02 by JACK $Id$
*/
import org.eclipse.swt.SWT;
import org.eclipse.swt.custom.CLabel;
import org.eclipse.swt.graphics.Image;
import org.eclipse.swt.layout.GridData;
import org.eclipse.swt.layout.GridLayout;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Button;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Combo;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Label;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Text;
public class GridLayoutSimpleDmo {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Display display = new Display();
final Shell shell = new Shell(display);
GridLayout gridLayout = new GridLayout(4, false);
gridLayout.verticalSpacing = 8;
shell.setLayout(gridLayout);
Label label = new Label(shell, SWT.NULL);
label.setText("Title: ");
Text title = new Text(shell, SWT.SINGLE | SWT.BORDER);
GridData gridData = new GridData(GridData.HORIZONTAL_ALIGN_FILL);
gridData.horizontalSpan = 3;
title.setLayoutData(gridData);
label = new Label(shell, SWT.NULL);
label.setText("Author(s): ");
Text authors = new Text(shell, SWT.SINGLE | SWT.BORDER);
gridData = new GridData(GridData.HORIZONTAL_ALIGN_FILL);
gridData.horizontalSpan = 3;
authors.setLayoutData(gridData);
label = new Label(shell, SWT.NULL);
label.setText("Cover: ");
gridData = new GridData();
gridData.verticalSpan = 3;
label.setLayoutData(gridData);
CLabel cover = new CLabel(shell, SWT.NULL);
gridData = new GridData(GridData.FILL_HORIZONTAL);
gridData.horizontalSpan = 1;
gridData.verticalSpan = 3;
gridData.heightHint = 100;
gridData.widthHint = 100;
cover.setLayoutData(gridData);
label = new Label(shell, SWT.NULL);
label.setText("Pages");
Text pages = new Text(shell, SWT.SINGLE | SWT.BORDER);
pages.setLayoutData(new GridData(GridData.HORIZONTAL_ALIGN_FILL));
label = new Label(shell, SWT.NULL);
label.setText("Publisher");
Text publisher = new Text(shell, SWT.SINGLE | SWT.BORDER);
publisher.setLayoutData(new GridData(GridData.HORIZONTAL_ALIGN_FILL));
label = new Label(shell, SWT.NULL);
label.setText("Rating");
Combo rating = new Combo(shell, SWT.READ_ONLY);
rating.setLayoutData(new GridData(GridData.HORIZONTAL_ALIGN_FILL));
rating.add("5");
rating.add("4");
rating.add("3");
rating.add("2");
rating.add("1");
label = new Label(shell, SWT.NULL);
label.setText("Abstract:");
Text bookAbstract = new Text(shell, SWT.WRAP | SWT.MULTI | SWT.BORDER | SWT.H_SCROLL
| SWT.V_SCROLL);
gridData = new GridData(GridData.HORIZONTAL_ALIGN_FILL | GridData.VERTICAL_ALIGN_FILL);
gridData.horizontalSpan = 3;
gridData.grabExcessVerticalSpace = true;
bookAbstract.setLayoutData(gridData);
Button enter = new Button(shell, SWT.PUSH);
enter.setText("Enter");
gridData = new GridData();
gridData.horizontalSpan = 4;
gridData.horizontalAlignment = GridData.END;
enter.setLayoutData(gridData);
title.setText("Professional Java Interfaces with SWT/JFace");
authors.setText("Jack Li Guojie");
pages.setText("500pp");
publisher.setText("John Wiley & Sons");
cover.setBackground(new Image(display, "yourFile.gif"));
bookAbstract.setText("SWT/JFace. ");
shell.setSize(450, 400);
shell.open();
while (!shell.isDisposed()) {
if (!display.readAndDispatch()) {
display.sleep();
}
}
display.dispose();
}
}