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| <p align="left">TableWrapLayout is a grid-based layout very similar to SWT's versatile |
| GridLayout. It differs from GridLayout in that it uses a layout algorithm that |
| works more like HTML tables. It tries to respect the provided client area width |
| and grows vertically to compensate. </p> |
| <p align="left">There are many similarities between GridLayout and |
| TableWrapLayout. Both organize children in grids. Both have layout data that |
| instructs the layout how to treat each control. Both can accept hints on which |
| control should grab excess space, etc.</p> |
| <p align="left">However, they fundamentally differ in the approach to the |
| layout. <code>TableWrapLayout</code> starts with columns. It computes minimal, |
| preferred and maximum widths of each column and uses this information to assign |
| excess space. It also tries to be fair when dividing space across columns so |
| that there is no excess wrapping of some controls.</p> |
| <p align="left">It is possible to mix <code>GridLayout</code> and <code> |
| TableWrapLayout</code> but the branch where <code>GridLayout</code> is used is |
| the one where wrapping stops. This is quite acceptable if you don't want it to |
| wrap (if the composite contains controls that cannot wrap anyway, like text, |
| buttons, trees etc.). However, you should have an unbroken path of TableWrapLayouts |
| from the form body to each text control that needs to wrap.</p> |
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