SWT Canvas fails to redraw on Windows but works on Linux - linux

Question

this.canvas = new Canvas(shell, SWT.NO_BACKGROUND);
I'm using a PaintListener:
this.canvas.addPaintListener(new PaintListener() {
#Override
public void paintControl(PaintEvent e) {
// Draw images
synchronized (imageMarks) {
for (ImageMark mark : Whiteboard.this.imageMarks)
{
Image image = Whiteboard.this.getImage(mark.id);
Point position = ScaledPoint.toSWTPoint(Whiteboard.this.getCanvasSize(), mark.getPosition());
Point bounds = mark.getUnscaledBoundaries(Whiteboard.this.getCanvasSize());
e.gc.drawImage(image, 0, 0, image.getBounds().width, image.getBounds().height, position.x, position.y,
bounds.x, bounds.y);
}
}
// Draw pencil marks
synchronized (pencilMarks) {
e.gc.setLineWidth(LINE_WIDTH);
for (double[] line : Whiteboard.this.pencilMarks)
{
Point lastPosPoint = ScaledPoint.toSWTPoint(Whiteboard.this.getCanvasSize(), new ScaledPoint(line[0], line[2]));
Point newPosPoint = ScaledPoint.toSWTPoint(Whiteboard.this.getCanvasSize(), new ScaledPoint(line[1], line[3]));
e.gc.drawLine(lastPosPoint.x, lastPosPoint.y, newPosPoint.x, newPosPoint.y);
}
}
// Draw pointer, assuming it's there
if (pointerMark != null)
{
synchronized (pointerMark) {
Point pos = ScaledPoint.toSWTPoint(Whiteboard.this.getCanvasSize(), pointerMark.getPosition());
if (pointerMark.isFlipped())
e.gc.drawImage(Whiteboard.pointerImageFlipped, pos.x, pos.y);
else
e.gc.drawImage(Whiteboard.pointerImage, pos.x, pos.y);
}
}
}
});
and redrawing the canvas via a canvas.redraw() call. On 64-bit Linux, this seems to be working without any issues, but strangely enough, on 64-bit Windows, nothing ever ends up being erased or redrawn. For example, if the screen is resized, the pencil markings do not resize as well, they just end up being cut out of the screen. When new marks are added (in other words, when the paint listener is called again), the repositioned markings are redrawn on top of the old ones which didn't scale with the window. In other words, I believe the canvas is not being cleared upon canvas.redraw(). Is there a workaround for this?

Answer 1

You are specifying SWT.NO_BACKGROUND which stops the Canvas being cleared before each paint.
If you use SWT.NO_BACKGROUND it is your paint method's responsibility to draw every pixel of the Canvas.
SWT.NO_BACKGROUND JavaDoc:
By default, before a widget paints, the client area is filled with the
current background. When this style is specified, the background is
not filled, and the application is responsible for filling every pixel
of the client area. This style might be used as an alternative to
"double-buffering" in order to reduce flicker. This style does not
mean "transparent" - widgets that are obscured will not draw through.