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[Win] Table without column expands #3410

Description

@tmssngr

Describe the bug
We want to make a column as wide as the visible area (client area) without showing a horizontal scrollbar (just like a list). For that we set the client area's width in the MeasureItem event. However, this causes the table to show a horizontal scrollbar, and the item's width only can grow when resizing the table, but not shrink.

To Reproduce
Using Snippet 271 for inspiration:

import org.eclipse.swt.*;
import org.eclipse.swt.graphics.*;
import org.eclipse.swt.layout.*;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.*;

final class TableWithoutColumnTest {

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		final Display display = new Display ();
		final Shell shell = new Shell (display);
		shell.setLayout(new FillLayout());

		final Table table = new Table (shell, SWT.VIRTUAL | SWT.BORDER | SWT.V_SCROLL | SWT.FULL_SELECTION);
		table.addListener (SWT.SetData, event -> {
			final TableItem item = (TableItem) event.item;
			final int index = table.indexOf (item);
			item.setText ("Item " + index);
		});
		table.addListener(SWT.MeasureItem, event -> {
			event.width = table.getClientArea().width;
		});
		table.setItemCount(100);
		table.setSelection(0);

		shell.setSize (200, 200);
		shell.open ();
		while (!shell.isDisposed()) {
			if (!display.readAndDispatch ()) display.sleep ();
		}
		display.dispose ();
	}
}

Expected behavior
The table should never show a horizontal scrollbar and all rows should be as wide as the client area.

Screenshots
Image
Note the horizontal scrollbar. The table remembers the maximum width + x. (Also note the tiny drawing glitch (gray area in the selected row) when starting the resize.)

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  1. Additional OS info (e.g. OS version, Linux Desktop, etc)
    Windows 11 25H2, 175% zoom

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