Currently SWT's TabFolder supports only the TOP and BOTTOM styles, ie. it will only draw the tabs horizontally along the top or bottom of the control. This is unlike Swing's JTabbedPane, which gives the option of also orienting the tabs vertically, along the side of the control.
Can anyone suggest any workarounds to achieve a vertical orientation in SWT? Any suggestions of custom or 3rd-party components (or other alternative) would be appreciated.
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I don't know of any SWT-compatible controls like that, but you could build your own alternative using a StackLayout and some control(s) to switch between the different "panels." Here's a simple example SWT Snippet.
You could also look at the code for CTabFolder and see if it would be straightforward to modify it to suite your needs.
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