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Minimum size of swt shell and components

How can I set a minimum size of the shell in swt? For example I have added a search field in my shell but I can shrink the shell almost completely and then the search field isn't completely visible. Can I change a property of the search field to stop resizing if it would be unseen?

Solution

  • No, there isn't any property or anything like that to prevent the resizing.

    You can use Shell.setMinimumSize to set a minimum width.

    Update The following resize code from the original version of this answer doesn't work as resize is called after the window is resized

    shell.addListener(SWT.Resize, event -> {
  Shell eventShell = (Shell)event.widget;

  Point size = eventShell.getSize();

  if (size.x < 100 || size.y < 100)
   {
     // Stop the resize event
     event.doit = false;
   }
});