How to implement Auto-Hide Scrollbar in SWT Text Component
You can use StyledText
instead of Text
. StyledText
has method setAlwaysShowScrollBars
which can be set to false
.
That works on all cases:
Text text = new Text(parent, SWT.MULTI | SWT.H_SCROLL | SWT.V_SCROLL);
Listener scrollBarListener = new Listener () {
@Override
public void handleEvent(Event event) {
Text t = (Text)event.widget;
Rectangle r1 = t.getClientArea();
Rectangle r2 = t.computeTrim(r1.x, r1.y, r1.width, r1.height);
Point p = t.computeSize(SWT.DEFAULT, SWT.DEFAULT, true);
t.getHorizontalBar().setVisible(r2.width <= p.x);
t.getVerticalBar().setVisible(r2.height <= p.y);
if (event.type == SWT.Modify) {
t.getParent().layout(true);
t.showSelection();
}
}
};
text.addListener(SWT.Resize, scrollBarListener);
text.addListener(SWT.Modify, scrollBarListener);
@Plamen: great solution thanks. I had the same problem but for a multiline-text with style SWT.WRAP without a horizontal scrollbar.
I had to change a few things in order to make this work properly:
Text text = new Text(parent, SWT.MULTI | SWT.WRAP | SWT.V_SCROLL);
Listener scrollBarListener = new Listener (){
@Override
public void handleEvent(Event event) {
Text t = (Text)event.widget;
Rectangle r1 = t.getClientArea();
// use r1.x as wHint instead of SWT.DEFAULT
Rectangle r2 = t.computeTrim(r1.x, r1.y, r1.width, r1.height);
Point p = t.computeSize(r1.x, SWT.DEFAULT, true);
t.getVerticalBar().setVisible(r2.height <= p.y);
if (event.type == SWT.Modify){
t.getParent().layout(true);
t.showSelection();
}
}};
text.addListener(SWT.Resize, scrollBarListener);
text.addListener(SWT.Modify, scrollBarListener);