Example

Create a new project "de.vogella.rcp.intro.forms" (see Eclipse RCP Tutorials for details). Use the "RCP Application with a view" as a template.

Add a dependency to "org.eclipse.ui.forms" in plugin.xml. You do this via selecting the tab "Dependencies". Press the "Add" button and type in the name of "org.eclipse.ui.forms".

Tip

Adding a dependency to an existing plug-in automatically updates the classpath of your project.

Change the View.java to the following. This will create a re-sizable table in a form with a button on the right side of it.

   
package de.vogella.rcp.intro.forms;

import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.IStructuredContentProvider;
import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.ITableLabelProvider;
import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.LabelProvider;
import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.TableViewer;
import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.Viewer;
import org.eclipse.swt.SWT;
import org.eclipse.swt.graphics.Image;
import org.eclipse.swt.layout.GridData;
import org.eclipse.swt.layout.GridLayout;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Button;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Composite;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Table;
import org.eclipse.ui.ISharedImages;
import org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI;
import org.eclipse.ui.forms.widgets.FormToolkit;
import org.eclipse.ui.forms.widgets.Section;
import org.eclipse.ui.part.ViewPart;

public class View extends ViewPart {
 public static final String ID = "de.vogella.rcp.intro.forms.view";

 private TableViewer viewer;

 class ViewContentProvider implements IStructuredContentProvider {
  public void inputChanged(Viewer v, Object oldInput, Object newInput) {
  }

  public void dispose() {
  }

  public Object[] getElements(Object parent) {
   return new String[] { "One", "Two", "Three" };
  }
 }

 class ViewLabelProvider extends LabelProvider implements
   ITableLabelProvider {
  public String getColumnText(Object obj, int index) {
   return getText(obj);
  }

  public Image getColumnImage(Object obj, int index) {
   return getImage(obj);
  }

  public Image getImage(Object obj) {
   return PlatformUI.getWorkbench().getSharedImages().getImage(
     ISharedImages.IMG_OBJ_ELEMENT);
  }
 }

 /**
  * This is a callback that will allow us to create the viewer and initialize
  * it.
  */
 public void createPartControl(Composite parent) {
  FormToolkit toolkit = new FormToolkit(parent.getDisplay());
  // Lets make a layout for the first section of the screen
  GridLayout layout = new GridLayout();
  layout.numColumns = 1;
  layout.marginWidth = 2;
  layout.marginHeight = 2;
  // Creating the Screen
  Section section = toolkit.createSection(parent, Section.DESCRIPTION
    | Section.TITLE_BAR);
  section.setText("Section 1 for demonstration"); //$NON-NLS-1$
  section.setDescription("This demonstrates the usage of section");
  // Composite for storing the data
  Composite client = toolkit.createComposite(section, SWT.WRAP);
  layout = new GridLayout();
  layout.numColumns = 2;
  layout.marginWidth = 2;
  layout.marginHeight = 2;
  client.setLayout(layout);
  Table t = toolkit.createTable(client, SWT.NULL);
  GridData gd = new GridData(GridData.FILL_BOTH);
  gd.heightHint = 20;
  gd.widthHint = 100;
  t.setLayoutData(gd);
  toolkit.paintBordersFor(client);
  Button b = toolkit.createButton(client, "Do something", SWT.PUSH); //$NON-NLS-1$
  gd = new GridData(GridData.VERTICAL_ALIGN_BEGINNING);
  b.setLayoutData(gd);
  section.setClient(client);
  viewer = new TableViewer(t);

  viewer.setContentProvider(new ViewContentProvider());
  viewer.setLabelProvider(new ViewLabelProvider());
  viewer.setInput(getViewSite());
 }

 /**
  * Passing the focus request to the viewer's control.
  */
 public void setFocus() {
  viewer.getControl().setFocus();
 }
}

  

The result should look like the following: