SashHighlightForm.java

package org.bndtools.utils.swt;

import java.lang.reflect.Field;

import org.eclipse.swt.custom.SashForm;
import org.eclipse.swt.graphics.Color;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Composite;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Sash;

/**
 * <p>
 * SWT's {@link SashForm} is moronic. There is no way to set the colour of just the sashes... calling
 * {@link #setBackground(Color)} results in setting the background colour of the <b>entire</b> form area.
 * </p>
 * <p>
 * This class has to use nasty hacks to give us access to the superclass fields that we need to modify. It's a toss up
 * between this and completely reimplementing {@link SashForm}.
 * </p>
 * 
 * @author Neil Bartlett <njbartlett@gmail.com>
 */
public class SashHighlightForm extends SashForm {

    public SashHighlightForm(Composite parent, int style) {
        super(parent, style);
    }

    public void setSashBackground(Color color) {
        try {
            Field bgfield = SashForm.class.getDeclaredField("background");
            bgfield.setAccessible(true);
            bgfield.set(this, color);

            Field sashesField = SashForm.class.getDeclaredField("sashes");
            sashesField.setAccessible(true);
            Sash[] sashes = (Sash[]) sashesField.get(this);
            for (Sash sash : sashes) {
                sash.setBackground(color);
            }
        } catch (NoSuchFieldException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    public void setSashForeground(Color color) {
        try {
            Field fgfield = SashForm.class.getDeclaredField("foreground");
            fgfield.setAccessible(true);
            fgfield.set(this, color);

            Field sashesField = SashForm.class.getDeclaredField("sashes");
            sashesField.setAccessible(true);
            Sash[] sashes = (Sash[]) sashesField.get(this);
            for (Sash sash : sashes) {
                sash.setForeground(color);
            }
        } catch (NoSuchFieldException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

}