Java tutorial
import org.eclipse.swt.SWT; import org.eclipse.swt.events.ModifyEvent; import org.eclipse.swt.events.ModifyListener; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Text; public class MainClass { public static void main(String[] a) { Display display = new Display(); // Create the main window Shell shell = new Shell(display); Text fahrenheit = new Text(shell, SWT.BORDER); fahrenheit.setData("Type a temperature in Fahrenheit"); fahrenheit.setBounds(20, 20, 100, 20); fahrenheit.addModifyListener(new ModifyListener() { public void modifyText(ModifyEvent event) { // Get the widget whose text was modified Text text = (Text) event.widget; System.out.println(text.getText()); } }); shell.open(); while (!shell.isDisposed()) { if (!display.readAndDispatch()) { display.sleep(); } } display.dispose(); } }