Eclipse Platform
Release 3.3

org.eclipse.jface.dialogs
Class DialogTray

java.lang.Object
  extended byorg.eclipse.jface.dialogs.DialogTray

public abstract class DialogTray
extends Object

This class is the abstract superclass of all dialog trays. A tray can be opened in any TrayDialog.

Since:
3.2
See Also:
TrayDialog

Constructor Summary
DialogTray()
           
 
Method Summary
protected abstract  Control createContents(Composite parent)
          Creates the contents (widgets) that will be contained in the tray.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

DialogTray

public DialogTray()
Method Detail

createContents

protected abstract Control createContents(Composite parent)
Creates the contents (widgets) that will be contained in the tray.

Tray implementions must not set a layout on the parent composite, or assume a particular layout on the parent. The tray dialog will allocate space according to the natural size of the tray, and will fill the tray area with the tray's contents.

Parameters:
parent - the composite that will contain the tray
Returns:
the contents of the tray, as a Control

Eclipse Platform
Release 3.3

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