Custom widgets as reuasable components

[DirkSegelhorst]

Hi

I am trying to create a custom widget (subclassing Composite) in order to have a reusable but extensible UI component. The current implementation adds a group and a button:

MyCustom extends Composite
|- Group
|- Button

Using the designer to add this custom widget to a user defined UI (e.g. a dialog), anything seems to works well, but I am not able to add any child widgets to the group. The designer knows only the MyCustom Composite but not the children (even if they are public). Is there any way to create reusable but extensible components like this?

Thanks
Dirk

[Eric Clayberg]

I am trying to create a custom widget (subclassing Composite) in order to have a reusable but extensible UI component. The current implementation adds a group and a button:
MyCustom extends Composite
|- Group
|- Button
Using the designer to add this custom widget to a user defined UI (e.g. a dialog), anything seems to works well, but I am not able to add any child widgets to the group. The designer knows only the MyCustom Composite but not the children (even if they are public). Is there any way to create reusable but extensible components like this?

Designer handles this type of component just fine (see the following screen shot as an example). Just make sure that any exposed components have a public accessor.

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