https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1475503
--- Comment #4 from Lev Ufimtsev <lufimtse(a)redhat.com> ---
Thank you for your bug report.
I like the idea in principle :-), but current SWT api does not dictate minimum
size of a control. As such imposing one would break api and some applications
that rely on manual widget sizing.
There are some cases where you want smaller than minimum sizes. For example
when I make presentations on a low-resolution projector, I sometimes need to
make eclipse very very small, smaller than would be comfortable to use. But in
such situations I have no choice as I'm restricted by projector resolution. Or
sometimes I need to demonstrate a feature and size of windows is irrelevant.
It's true that a super-tiny eclipse is not very usable, but most applications
can be shrunk down to a non-usable size. It's hard to determine a minimum size
that would work across all themes (considering different padding sizes),
resolutions, font-sizes, desktop managers, which at the same time would not be
"too big" in some cases.
We currently don't plan on implementing a hard-minimum size for the eclipse
window based on the real life limitations listed above. But if someone has an
idea/patches, they are welcome to share.
(In reply to Christian Stadelmann from comment #3)
for its Gtk widgets, then this issue might be covered by
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=486068 already.
No, that patch is only specific to situations where widgets would get cut-off
due to padding. It doesn't touch window size.
Based on limitations above, if there is no reply/objections/feedback to my
comment, then I propose to close as wont_fix, as otherwise it's unlikely to get
implemented and would just float around Bugzilla for many years to come.
With that said, please do feel free to share further enhancement requests. They
are important to us. I think it's a good idea, but there are just real-life
barriers that make it impractical.
I will followup on this bug next week.
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