Java tutorial
/* * Control example snippet: prevent Tab from traversing out of a control * * For a list of all SWT example snippets see * http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/%7Echeckout%7E/platform-swt-home/dev.html#snippets */ import org.eclipse.swt.SWT; import org.eclipse.swt.events.TraverseEvent; import org.eclipse.swt.events.TraverseListener; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Button; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell; public class Snippet127 { public static void main(String[] args) { Display display = new Display(); Shell shell = new Shell(display); Button button1 = new Button(shell, SWT.PUSH); button1.setBounds(10, 10, 80, 30); button1.setText("no traverse"); button1.addTraverseListener(new TraverseListener() { public void keyTraversed(TraverseEvent e) { switch (e.detail) { case SWT.TRAVERSE_TAB_NEXT: case SWT.TRAVERSE_TAB_PREVIOUS: { e.doit = false; } } } }); Button button2 = new Button(shell, SWT.PUSH); button2.setBounds(100, 10, 80, 30); button2.setText("can traverse"); shell.pack(); shell.open(); while (!shell.isDisposed()) { if (!display.readAndDispatch()) display.sleep(); } display.dispose(); } }