Java tutorial
import org.eclipse.swt.SWT; import org.eclipse.swt.events.VerifyEvent; import org.eclipse.swt.events.VerifyListener; import org.eclipse.swt.layout.RowLayout; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Text; public class VerifyListenerUsing { public static void main(String[] args) { Display display = new Display(); Shell shell = new Shell(display); shell.setLayout(new RowLayout()); Text text = new Text(shell, SWT.SINGLE | SWT.BORDER); text.setText("Type somthing to verify."); text.addVerifyListener(new VerifyListener() { public void verifyText(VerifyEvent arg0) { System.out.println("verifying"); } }); shell.open(); while (!shell.isDisposed()) { if (!display.readAndDispatch()) { display.sleep(); } } display.dispose(); } }