Eclipse Plug-in Development Beginner's Guide - Second Edition

Time for action – using layouts

Now that the ClockWidget has been created, multiple instances can be added into the ClockView.

1. Modify the createPartControl method in the ClockView class to create three ClockWidget instances, and assign them to local variables:

   final ClockWidget clock1 = new ClockWidget(parent, SWT.NONE);
   final ClockWidget clock2 = new ClockWidget(parent, SWT.NONE);
   final ClockWidget clock3 = new ClockWidget(parent, SWT.NONE);

2. Run the target Eclipse instance, and show the Clock View. Three clocks will be shown, counting in seconds:
   
3. At the start of the ClockView class's createPartControl method, create a new RowLayout with SWT.HORIZONTAL ...