JFace/SWT: Change the labels for buttons in InputDialog

Question

I want to create an InputDialog with custom labels for the OK/Cancel buttons. I'm using org.eclipse.jface.dialogs.InputDialog.

I tried to override the button creation method:

   @Override
   protected void createButtonsForButtonBar(Composite parent) {
    super.createButtonsForButtonBar(parent);
    getButton(IDialogConstants.OK_ID).setText(myOkText);
    getButton(IDialogConstants.CANCEL_ID).setText(myCancelText);
   }

and it works, but the buttons are not resized (and the custom text results cropped).

I guess it's too late to set the text here, because the layout manager has already decided the button size and one cannot tell it to recompute... Is that so?

What is the correct way ?

Zwick

Answer 1

try this

 @Override
   protected void createButtonsForButtonBar(Composite parent) {
    super.createButtonsForButtonBar(parent);

    Button ok = getButton(IDialogConstants.OK_ID);
    ok.setText(myOkText);
    setButtonLayoutData(ok);

    Button cancel = getButton(IDialogConstants.CANCEL_ID);
    cancel.setText(myCancelText);
    setButtonLayoutData(cancel);
 }

Dedradedric

I works. I'd missed that setButtonLayoutData method... Thanks! – Zwick

Answer 2

try in this way..

@Override
protected void createButtonsForButtonBar(Composite parent) {

    Button button = createButton(parent,9999, "HEllo", true);
    Button button2 = createButton(parent,9999, "HEllo232323sdsdsdsd", false);

}

Undermine

Thanks, but I didnt want to crete new Buttons, but just change the labels of the default predetermined ones (OK/CANCEL). – Zwick