Java tutorial
import org.eclipse.swt.SWT; import org.eclipse.swt.events.SelectionAdapter; import org.eclipse.swt.events.SelectionEvent; import org.eclipse.swt.layout.GridData; import org.eclipse.swt.layout.GridLayout; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Button; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Dialog; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Label; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Text; class InputDialog extends Dialog { private String message; private String input; public InputDialog(Shell parent) { this(parent, SWT.DIALOG_TRIM | SWT.APPLICATION_MODAL); } public InputDialog(Shell parent, int style) { super(parent, style); setText("Input Dialog"); setMessage("Please enter a value:"); } public String getMessage() { return message; } public void setMessage(String message) { this.message = message; } public String getInput() { return input; } public void setInput(String input) { this.input = input; } public String open() { Shell shell = new Shell(getParent(), getStyle()); shell.setText(getText()); createContents(shell); shell.pack(); shell.open(); Display display = getParent().getDisplay(); while (!shell.isDisposed()) { if (!display.readAndDispatch()) { display.sleep(); } } return input; } private void createContents(final Shell shell) { shell.setLayout(new GridLayout(2, true)); Label label = new Label(shell, SWT.NONE); label.setText(message); GridData data = new GridData(); data.horizontalSpan = 2; label.setLayoutData(data); final Text text = new Text(shell, SWT.BORDER); data = new GridData(GridData.FILL_HORIZONTAL); data.horizontalSpan = 2; text.setLayoutData(data); Button ok = new Button(shell, SWT.PUSH); ok.setText("OK"); data = new GridData(GridData.FILL_HORIZONTAL); ok.setLayoutData(data); ok.addSelectionListener(new SelectionAdapter() { public void widgetSelected(SelectionEvent event) { input = text.getText(); shell.close(); } }); Button cancel = new Button(shell, SWT.PUSH); cancel.setText("Cancel"); data = new GridData(GridData.FILL_HORIZONTAL); cancel.setLayoutData(data); cancel.addSelectionListener(new SelectionAdapter() { public void widgetSelected(SelectionEvent event) { input = null; shell.close(); } }); shell.setDefaultButton(ok); } } public class CustomInputDialog { public static void main(String[] args) { Display display = new Display(); Shell shell = new Shell(display); InputDialog dlg = new InputDialog(shell); String input = dlg.open(); if (input != null) { // User clicked OK; set the text into the label System.out.println(input); } while (!shell.isDisposed()) { if (!display.readAndDispatch()) { display.sleep(); } } display.dispose(); } }