custom swt widgets, a list...(zz)

custom swt widgets, a list...(zz)

Everybody knows that the basic native widgets in swt lack a lot of flexibility and features. An approach to solve these shortcomings is to build custom swt widgets that do not rely on native widgets but are custom drawn - the same approach that swing took. A good example is KTable. The custom swt widgets - custom drawn and aggergated native ones - I currently know of are:

• swtplus: http://swtplus.textdriven.com/
  • PGroup: an expandable group widget
  • PLink: an image hyperlink widget
• Jaret: http://www.jaret.de/index.html
  • timebars: a widget showing intervals in a Gantt chart. The widget implementation is combined for JFC/Swing and the SWT toolkit. Learn more about the timebar widget and it's features here. LICENSE: GPL (commercial license available)
  • table: custom drawn table widget for the SWT toolkit.
  • datechooser: a widget for selecting dates in a classical drop down style featuring the display of holidays and other special days. Learn more
• novocode: http://www.novocode.com/swt/
  • CustomSeparator: Instances of this class are non-native separator lines.
  • FramedComposite: Instances of this class are composites with a border around the contents.
  • Hyperlink: A hyperlink text label.
  • LiveSashForm: Like a regular SashForm, the LiveSashForm lays out its children in a Row or Column
  • SizeGrip: A non-native size grip which looks (and almost feels) like the native Win32 size grip.
• Ktable: http://sourceforge.net/projects/ktable
  • KTable is a custom SWT table widget that provides a flexible grid of cells to display data. Since it is custom-drawn, it does not have the restrictions of the native SWT Table control.
• Gface: http://gface.sourceforge.net/
  • Search Box - Searchable drop-down list 
  • Date Picker - UI widget for visually picking a day in a month.
  • Date Combo - Combo box that opens the date picker to select date
  • Hour Selection Combo - CCombo to select hour in a day
• SWT Dock: http://tweetypie.doc.ic.ac.uk/~jr200/twiki/bin/view/SWTDock/WebHome
  • Eclipse Docking API (2.1) ported back to Java from .NET.