Ideal way of creating a JFace dialog considering different screen resolutions and fonts

Question

I have used grid layout in my dialog and I have several widgets wherein I'm not setting the height or width. But I'm setting the initial size of the dialog by overriding the getInitialSize() method.

@Override
protected Point getInitialSize()
{
    return new Point(400, 400); 
}

Will this cause the widgets inside the dialog to appear improperly (like partially hidden) ?

If yes , Would this issue be solved by using a ScrolledComposite inside the main composite? (so that even if the widgets are not proper, the scrolling would help viewing the complete widgets.)

Answer 1

If you are worried that not all of your content will fit on the screen on all resolutions, here are a couple of things to consider:

1. Wrap your whole content in a ScrolledComposite (as you already mentioned).
2. Try splitting your content into several parts and either use a wizard type of GUI or tabs, depending on your requirements.
3. Try avoiding setting a fixed size for the window. Either let it compute its optimal size or at least set the size to a percentage of the screen.