Place controls absolutely, without using a layout,
import org.eclipse.swt.SWT;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Button;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell;
public class NoLayoutSimple {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Display display = new Display();
Shell shell = new Shell(display);
Button button = new Button(shell, SWT.PUSH);
button.setText("No layout");
button.setBounds(5, 5, 50, 150);
shell.pack();
shell.open();
while (!shell.isDisposed()) {
if (!display.readAndDispatch()) {
display.sleep();
}
}
display.dispose();
}
}