bundles/org.eclipse.wst.sse.ui/src/org/eclipse/wst/sse/ui/internal/util/SWTUtil.java

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package org.eclipse.wst.sse.ui.internal.util;

import org.eclipse.core.runtime.Assert;
import org.eclipse.jface.dialogs.IDialogConstants;
import org.eclipse.jface.layout.PixelConverter;
import org.eclipse.jface.resource.JFaceResources;
import org.eclipse.swt.SWT;
import org.eclipse.swt.layout.GridData;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Button;


/**
 * <p>Utility class to simplify access to some SWT resources.</p>
 * 
 * @base org.eclipse.jdt.internal.ui.util.SWTUtil
 */
public class SWTUtil {

	/**
	 * Returns a width hint for a button control.
	 * @param button the button
	 * @return the width hint
	 */
	public static int getButtonWidthHint(Button button) {
		button.setFont(JFaceResources.getDialogFont());
		PixelConverter converter= new PixelConverter(button);
		int widthHint= converter.convertHorizontalDLUsToPixels(IDialogConstants.BUTTON_WIDTH);
		return Math.max(widthHint, button.computeSize(SWT.DEFAULT, SWT.DEFAULT, true).x);
	}

	/**
	 * Sets width and height hint for the button control.
	 * <b>Note:</b> This is a NOP if the button's layout data is not
	 * an instance of <code>GridData</code>.
	 *
	 * @param button	the button for which to set the dimension hint
	 */
	public static void setButtonDimensionHint(Button button) {
		Assert.isNotNull(button);
		Object gd= button.getLayoutData();
		if (gd instanceof GridData) {
			((GridData)gd).widthHint= getButtonWidthHint(button);
			((GridData)gd).horizontalAlignment = GridData.FILL;
		}
	}
}