Bug 29779 - BIDI: lack of ability to change orientation of widget in runtime [no public methods yet]

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/gtk/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/Link.java b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/gtk/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/Link.java
index 6495b79f72..4d05731acb 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/gtk/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/Link.java
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/gtk/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/Link.java
@@ -148,7 +148,6 @@ void createHandle(int index) {
 	OS.gtk_fixed_set_has_window (handle, true);
 	OS.GTK_WIDGET_SET_FLAGS (handle, OS.GTK_CAN_FOCUS);
 	layout = new TextLayout (display);
-	layout.setOrientation((style & SWT.RIGHT_TO_LEFT) != 0? SWT.RIGHT_TO_LEFT : SWT.LEFT_TO_RIGHT);
 	linkColor = new Color (display, LINK_FOREGROUND);
 	disabledColor = new Color (display, LINK_DISABLED_FOREGROUND);
 	offsets = new Point [0];
@@ -699,6 +698,12 @@ void setFontDescription (int /*long*/ font) {
 	layout.setFont (Font.gtk_new (display, font));
 }
 
+void setOrientation (boolean create) {
+    super.setOrientation (create);
+    layout.setOrientation (style & (SWT.LEFT_TO_RIGHT | SWT.RIGHT_TO_LEFT));
+    if (!create) redraw (true);
+}
+
 /**
  * Sets the receiver's text.
  * <p>