Eclipse Cookbook

8.1. Working with SWT Widgets

Problem

You want to work with SWT, but you need to know what widgets are available to work with.

Solution

See Table 8-1, which lists all the SWT widgets, as well as their styles and events.

Discussion

As a starting point for our work on SWT, Table 8-1 provides a reference for all the SWT widgets.

Table 8-1. The SWT widgets

Widget	Styles	Events
Button	BORDER, CHECK, PUSH, RADIO, TOGGLE, FLAT, LEFT, RIGHT, CENTER, ARROW (with UP, DOWN)	Dispose, FocusIn, FocusOut, Help, KeyDown, KeyUp, MouseDoubleClick, MouseDown, MouseEnter, MouseExit, MouseHover, MouseUp, MouseMove, Move, Paint, Resize, Selection
Canvas	BORDER, H_SCROLL, V_SCROLL, NO_BACKGROUND, NO_FOCUS, NO_MERGE_PAINTS, NO_REDRAW_RESIZE, NO_RADIO_GROUP	Dispose, FocusIn, FocusOut, Help, KeyDown, KeyUp, MouseDoubleClick, MouseDown, MouseEnter, MouseExit, MouseHover, MouseUp, MouseMove, Move, Paint, Resize
Caret		Dispose
Combo	BORDER, DROP_DOWN, READ_ONLY, SIMPLE	Dispose, FocusIn, FocusOut, Help, KeyDown, KeyUp, MouseDoubleClick, MouseDown, MouseEnter, MouseExit, MouseHover, MouseUp, MouseMove, Move, Paint, Resize, DefaultSelection, Modify, Selection
Composite	BORDER, H_SCROLL, V_SCROLL	Dispose, FocusIn, FocusOut, Help, KeyDown, KeyUp, MouseDoubleClick, MouseDown, MouseEnter, MouseExit, MouseHover, MouseUp, MouseMove, Move, Paint, Resize
CoolBar	BORDER	Dispose, FocusIn, FocusOut, Help, KeyDown, KeyUp, MouseDoubleClick, MouseDown, MouseEnter, MouseExit, MouseHover, ...