JFace ApplicationWindow white line at top of Window

I've created the most basic JFace ApplicationWindow I can think of and I get this 1 pixel white border at the top of the screen:

And the code to create it:

 

import org.eclipse.jface.window.ApplicationWindow;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Composite;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Control;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display;
import org.eclipse.swt.SWT;

public class TestWindow extends ApplicationWindow {
    public TestWindow() {
        super(null);
    }

    protected Control createContents(Composite parent) {
        this.getShell().setText("Test Window");

        parent.setBackground(Display.getCurrent().getSystemColor(SWT.COLOR_GREEN));
        return parent;
    }
}

 

 

 

 

As I add additional Composite controls to the window, the gap gets even bigger. What can I do to get rid of it?

 

 

You can try to override the function:

protected boolean showTopSeperator() {
    return false;
}

  
  

      
      
 
       If I do that, it does remove the line. However, as soon as I add a Composite to the shell, the line reappears. –  
       jasonh 
       Aug 18 '10 at 18:15 
      

      
      
 
       Well, it looks like the problem is internal to ApplicationWindow. If you look at ApplicationWindow.java, you'll see an internal ApplicationWindowLayout class that has static final int VGAP = 2; which is added to the y position of every top-level control I add, thus adding a non-sensical white line to the top of the shell. I wonder, how does Eclipse itself avoid this white line from showing up? –  
       jasonh 
       Aug 18 '10 at 19:09