Java tutorial
import org.eclipse.swt.SWT; import org.eclipse.swt.events.PaintEvent; import org.eclipse.swt.events.PaintListener; import org.eclipse.swt.graphics.Image; import org.eclipse.swt.layout.FillLayout; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Canvas; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Group; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell; public class GroupImageAdding { public static void main(String[] args) { final Display display = new Display(); Shell shell = new Shell(display); shell.setLayout(new FillLayout()); Group group = new Group(shell, SWT.NONE); group.setLayout(new FillLayout()); group.setText("a square"); Canvas canvas = new Canvas(group, SWT.NONE); canvas.addPaintListener(new PaintListener() { public void paintControl(PaintEvent e) { e.gc.drawImage(new Image(display, "yourFile.gif"), 0, 0); } }); shell.pack(); shell.open(); while (!shell.isDisposed()) { if (!display.readAndDispatch()) display.sleep(); } display.dispose(); } }