Java tutorial
import org.eclipse.swt.SWT; 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 TextTextSelection { public static void main(String[] args) { Display display = new Display(); Shell shell = new Shell(display); shell.setLayout(new FillLayout()); final Text t = new Text(shell, SWT.BORDER | SWT.MULTI); t.setText("here is some text to be selected"); t.selectAll(); shell.setSize(200, 200); shell.open(); while (!shell.isDisposed()) { if (!display.readAndDispatch()) display.sleep(); } display.dispose(); } }