TDAT: private Composite createComposite(Composite parent, int numColumns) { Composite composite = new Composite(parent, SWT.NULL); // GridLayout GridLayout layout = new GridLayout(); layout.numColumns = numColumns; layout.makeColumnsEqualWidth = false; layout.marginHeight = 0; layout.marginWidth = 0; composite.setLayout(layout); // GridData GridData data = new GridData(SWT.FILL, SWT.FILL, true, false); composite.setLayoutData(data); return composite; } COM: creates composite control and sets the default layout data