JFace ApplicationWindow: createContents isn't working
- by jasonh
I'm attempting to create a window that is divided into three parts. A non-resizable header and footer and then a content area that expands to fill the remaining area in the window. To get started, I created the following class:
public class MyWindow extends ApplicationWindow {
Color white;
Font mainFont;
Font headerFont;
public MyWindow() {
super(null);
}
protected Control createContents(Composite parent) {
Display currentDisplay = Display.getCurrent();
white = new Color(currentDisplay, 255, 255, 255);
mainFont = new Font(currentDisplay, "Tahoma", 8, 0);
headerFont = new Font(currentDisplay, "Tahoma", 16, 0);
// Main layout Composites and overall FillLayout
Composite container = new Composite(parent, SWT.NO_RADIO_GROUP);
Composite header = new Composite(container, SWT.NO_RADIO_GROUP);
Composite mainContents = new Composite(container, SWT.NO_RADIO_GROUP);;
Composite footer = new Composite(container, SWT.NO_RADIO_GROUP);;
FillLayout containerLayout = new FillLayout(SWT.VERTICAL);
container.setLayout(containerLayout);
// Header
Label headerLabel = new Label(header, SWT.LEFT);
headerLabel.setText("Header");
headerLabel.setFont(headerFont);
// Main contents
Label contentsLabel = new Label(mainContents, SWT.CENTER);
contentsLabel.setText("Main Content Here");
contentsLabel.setFont(mainFont);
// Footer
Label footerLabel = new Label(footer, SWT.CENTER);
footerLabel.setText("Footer Here");
footerLabel.setFont(mainFont);
return container;
}
public void dispose() {
cleanUp();
}
@Override
protected void finalize() throws Throwable {
cleanUp();
super.finalize();
}
private void cleanUp() {
if (headerFont != null) {
headerFont.dispose();
}
if (mainFont != null) {
mainFont.dispose();
}
if (white != null) {
white.dispose();
}
}
}
And this results in an empty window when I run it like this:
public static void main(String[] args) {
MyWindow myWindow = new MyWindow();
myWindow.setBlockOnOpen(true);
myWindow.open();
Display.getCurrent().dispose();
}
What am I doing wrong that I don't see three labels the way I'm trying to display them? The createContents code is definitely being called, I can step through it in Eclipse in debug mode.
