Right to Left Shell in SWT

Question

I want to mirror (Right to Left mode) the title bar control buttons (close, minimize and maximize buttons) using SWT in Java. I searched everywhere and came across this link but it does not work for me.

Please help me.

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Rüdiger Herrmann · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-14T11:03:24.920

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In order to explicitly change the orientation of an SWT control, use

setOrientation( SWT.RIGHT_TO_LEFT );

It is also possible to pass the RIGHT_TO_LEFT style flag to the constructor, for example

new Shell( parent, SWT.DIALOG_TRIM | SWT.RIGHT_TO_LEFT );

edited Jul 14 '15 at 11:03

answered Jul 14 '15 at 08:12

Rüdiger Herrmann

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Since v3.7, SWT has a `setOrientation` method on `Control` (which `Shell` inherits from) – Rüdiger Herrmann Jul 14 '15 at 09:21
You are right. I used an old version of SWT. It works great now. Thanks a lot – Sam Jul 14 '15 at 10:29
@RüdigerHerrmann can you have a look [here]http://stackoverflow.com/questions/32816938/combobox-jface-showing-end-of-string-by-default-how-to-show-start-of-long-strin) – Saras Arya Oct 16 '15 at 10:56

Georgian · Answer 2 · 2015-07-14T08:19:43.157

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A JFace Window will contain a SWT Shell when opened.

There is the Shell#setOrientation API (which is inherited from Control, btw). Use that to mirror you controls (check the javadoc).

/**
 * 
 * @author ggrec
 *
 */
public class Tester
{

    public static void main(final String[] args)
    {
        final Display display = new Display();
        final Shell shell = new Shell(display);
        shell.setLayout(new GridLayout(1, false));

        shell.setOrientation(SWT.RIGHT_TO_LEFT);

        shell.pack();
        shell.open();
        while (!shell.isDisposed())
        {
            if (!display.readAndDispatch())
                display.sleep();
        }
        display.dispose();
    }

}

edited Jul 14 '15 at 08:19

answered Jul 14 '15 at 08:13

Georgian

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But _shell_ does not have a _setOrientation_ method. – Sam Jul 14 '15 at 09:15
@user3604786 You're most likely using the wrong `Shell` import. :-) – Georgian Jul 14 '15 at 09:36

Right to Left Shell in SWT

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