tabFolder, table and SWT.EraseItem problem

[Jonathan Smiths]

I am using SWT to create a GUI for my program.
I have a shell with a tabFolder with two tabItems.
Each of the tabItems controls a different table, so I have two tables in total.
Every 5 minutes I update the contents of both of the tables.
I searched for a way to customize the color of a selected item in a table, and I found information regarding SWT.EraseItem to make this possible.
I used this snippet:

 
table1.addListener(SWT.EraseItem, new Listener() {
			   public void handleEvent(Event event) {
				      event.detail &= ~SWT.HOT;
				      if ((event.detail & SWT.SELECTED) == 0) return; /* item not selected */
				      int clientWidth = table1.getClientArea().width;
				      GC gc = event.gc;
				      Color oldForeground = gc.getForeground();
				      Color oldBackground = gc.getBackground();
			      gc.setForeground(red);
				      gc.setBackground(red);
				      gc.fillGradientRectangle(0, event.y, clientWidth, event.height, false);
				      gc.setForeground(oldForeground);
				      gc.setBackground(oldBackground);
				      event.detail &= ~SWT.SELECTED;
				   }
				});
  

Here is my problem:
When I have selected table2 (tabItem2), and my tables are updated, the first table, table1 gets focus, you can only see table1, though the selected tabItem appears to be tabItem2.
I hope my problem is clear to you, so when updating the tables, the eraseItem listener causes the first table to appear even if the second table is selected.

[Bill Coider]

Have you found a solution to this issue?
I have just come across the exact same problem and I am not sure how to fix.

[Bill Coider]

if you have not found one yet, a workable solution i found is to create the tables inside 'dummy' composites, and then add the composites to the tab folder.
it seems to work ok that way.
does that work for you?

[Maneesh Godbole]

Bill,
Welcome to the Ranch.