Java tutorial
import org.eclipse.swt.SWT; import org.eclipse.swt.layout.GridData; import org.eclipse.swt.layout.GridLayout; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Text; public class LayoutDataControlLayout { public static void main(String[] args) { Display display = new Display(); final Shell shell = new Shell(display); shell.setLayout(new GridLayout()); // Only with GridLayout you can use GridData Text text = new Text(shell, SWT.SINGLE | SWT.BORDER); text.setLayoutData(new GridData(GridData.GRAB_HORIZONTAL)); shell.setSize(450, 100); shell.open(); while (!shell.isDisposed()) { if (!display.readAndDispatch()) { display.sleep(); } } display.dispose(); } }