SWT: A Developer's Notebook

Preventing the User from Rearranging the CoolBar

Executing the CoolbarShellExample program demonstrates how the user can interact with the CoolBar. Each Button can be dragged and dropped into a new location on the CoolBar in any manner the user sees fit. The Button objects can also be resized by the user.

There are times when this functionality may not be desirable. In those situations, you must take steps to prevent the user from rearranging or resizing the CoolItems.

How do I do that?

Adding this line to the CoolbarShellExample following the code that creates the last CoolItem results in the CoolBar being locked and prevents the user from rearranging or resizing the CoolItems:

bar.setLocked(true);