Vertical Alignment Of Sections

[Clip]

Hello,

I've a Section which I tell to align vertically.

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Section section = toolkit.createSection(form.getBody(), Section.TITLE_BAR | Section.FOCUS_TITLE | Section.EXPANDED | Section.TWISTIE);
TableWrapData data = new TableWrapData(TableWrapData.FILL);
data.align = TableWrapData.FILL;
data.grabVertical = true;
section.setLayoutData(data);

The Code above is generated by the SWT-Designer.

When adding controls into the sections client, the sections height is always just as high as the accumulated content of its client.
Sections covering all available vertical space wether there content requires it or not can be seen in the plugin manifeft editor ('Rutime' or 'Extensions' Tab).

My question is, how can I make my section as high as the FormEditor (ManagedForm), just as it can be seen in the plugin manifest editor?

Thanks!

[Eric Clayberg]

This is expected behavior for TableWrapLayout.

See the comments in TableWrapData...

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   /**
   * If <code>true</code>, take part in excess horizontal space
   * distribution. (default is <code>false</code>).
   */
   public boolean grabHorizontal;

   /**
   * If <code>true</code>, will grab any excess vertical space (default is
   * <code>false</code>). Note that since TableWrapLayout works top-down
   * and does not grows to fill the parent, this only applies to local excess
   * space created by fixed-height children that span multiple rows.
   */
   public boolean grabVertical;