Get and set the number of columns used to display tabs using getTabs() and setTabs(), respectively : StyledText Format « SWT « Java Tutorial

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2. SWT
3. StyledText Format

StyledText defaults to a tab width of four columns.

import org.eclipse.swt.SWT;
import org.eclipse.swt.custom.StyledText;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell;

public class StyledTextTabSize {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    final Display display = new Display();
    final Shell shell = new Shell(display);

    StyledText styledText = new StyledText(shell, SWT.V_SCROLL | SWT.BORDER);
    styledText.setText("12345");

    styledText.setTabs(2);    
    
    styledText.setBounds(10, 10, 100, 100);
    shell.open();
    while (!shell.isDisposed()) {
      if (!display.readAndDispatch()) {
        display.sleep();
      }
    }
    display.dispose();

  }
}

17.46.StyledText Format
	17.46.1.	StyledText: use indent, alignment and justify
	17.46.2.	StyledText bulleted list example
	17.46.3.	Using Word Wrap
	17.46.4.	Get and set the number of columns used to display tabs using getTabs() and setTabs(), respectively