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Draw on the background of Text
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import org.eclipse.swt.SWT;
import org.eclipse.swt.events.TraverseEvent;
import org.eclipse.swt.events.TraverseListener;
import org.eclipse.swt.graphics.Font;
import org.eclipse.swt.graphics.GC;
import org.eclipse.swt.graphics.Rectangle;
import org.eclipse.swt.layout.FillLayout;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Text;
public class TextBackgroundDraw {
public static void main(String[] args) {
final Display display = new Display();
Shell shell = new Shell(display);
shell.setLayout(new FillLayout());
final Text text = new Text(shell, SWT.SINGLE | SWT.BORDER);
text.setText("press tab to draw");
text.addTraverseListener(new TraverseListener() {
public void keyTraversed(TraverseEvent e) {
if (e.detail == SWT.TRAVERSE_TAB_NEXT || e.detail == SWT.TRAVERSE_TAB_PREVIOUS) {
e.doit = true;
GC gc = new GC(text);
// Erase background first.
Rectangle rect = text.getClientArea();
gc.fillRectangle(rect.x, rect.y, rect.width, rect.height);
Font font = new Font(display, "Arial", 32, SWT.BOLD);
gc.setFont(font);
gc.drawString("tab event", 15, 10);
gc.dispose();
}
}
});
shell.open();
while (!shell.isDisposed()) {
if (!display.readAndDispatch()) {
display.sleep();
}
}
}
}
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