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Java SWT RowLayout Tutorial with Examples

  1. SWT RowLayout
  2. RowLayout Properties
  3. RowLayout Example

1. SWT RowLayout

RowLayout determine the size and position of the children of a Composite by placing them either in horizontal rows or vertical columns within the parent Composite.
Horizontal RowLayout:
Horizontal RowLayout allows to put child components on a line, and it can wrap these child components to line below if the current line is not enough space.
// Create horizontal RowLayout

RowLayout rowLayout = new RowLayout();

// Or
RowLayout rowLayout = new RowLayout(SWT.HORIZONTAL);
Vertical RowLayout:
Vertical RowLayout arranges the child components on a same column, and it will push these child components to the next column if the current one is not enough space.
// Create Vertical RowLayout

RowLayout rowLayout = new RowLayout(SWT.VERTICAL);
In addition, the height and width of each control in a RowLayout can be specified by setting a RowData object into the control using setLayoutData().
RowData rowData= new RowData();

rowData.height=80;
rowData.width=110;

button2.setLayoutData(rowData);

2. RowLayout Properties 

RowLayout rowLayout = new RowLayout();

rowLayout.wrap = false;
rowLayout.pack = false;
rowLayout.justify = true;
rowLayout.type = SWT.VERTICAL;
rowLayout.marginLeft = 5;
rowLayout.marginTop = 5;
rowLayout.marginRight = 5;
rowLayout.marginBottom = 5;
rowLayout.spacing = 0;

parent.setLayout(rowLayout);
wrap specifies whether a control will be wrapped to the next row if there is insufficient space on the current row.
  • rowLayout.wrap = false;
  • rowLayout.justify = true;
  • margin & spacing

3. RowLayout Example

HorizontalRowLayoutDemo.java
package org.o7planning.swt.rowlayout;

import org.eclipse.swt.SWT;
import org.eclipse.swt.layout.RowData;
import org.eclipse.swt.layout.RowLayout;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Button;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell;

public class HorizontalRowLayoutDemo {

   public static void main(String[] args) {

       Display display = new Display();
       Shell shell = new Shell(display);
       shell.setText("SWT RowLayout (o7planning.org)");

       //  Create a Horizontal RowLayout.
       RowLayout rowLayout = new RowLayout(SWT.HORIZONTAL);
       rowLayout.marginLeft = 10;
       rowLayout.marginTop = 15;
       rowLayout.marginRight = 15;
       rowLayout.marginBottom = 25;
       rowLayout.spacing = 5;
     
       shell.setLayout(rowLayout);

       // Button 1
       Button button1 = new Button(shell, SWT.NONE);
       button1.setText("Button 1");

       // Button 2
       Button button2 = new Button(shell, SWT.NONE);
       button2.setText("Button 2");

       RowData rowData = new RowData();
       rowData.height = 70;
       rowData.width = 90;
       button2.setLayoutData(rowData);

       // Button 3
       Button button3 = new Button(shell, SWT.NONE);
       button3.setText("Button 3");

       // Button 4
       Button button4 = new Button(shell, SWT.NONE);
       button4.setText("Button 4");

       // Button 5
       Button button5 = new Button(shell, SWT.NONE);
       button5.setText("Button 5");

       shell.setSize(400, 250);
       shell.open();
       while (!shell.isDisposed()) {
           if (!display.readAndDispatch())
               display.sleep();
       }
       display.dispose();
   }

}
Running the example:

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