StyledTextVerifyListenerStopPasting.java Source code

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import org.eclipse.swt.SWT;
import org.eclipse.swt.custom.StyledText;
import org.eclipse.swt.events.VerifyEvent;
import org.eclipse.swt.events.VerifyListener;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell;

public class StyledTextVerifyListenerStopPasting {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        final Display display = new Display();
        final Shell shell = new Shell(display);

        StyledText styledText = new StyledText(shell, SWT.V_SCROLL | SWT.BORDER);
        styledText.setText("12345");

        styledText.addVerifyListener(new VerifyListener() {
            public void verifyText(VerifyEvent event) {
                if (event.text.length() > 1) {
                    event.text = "Stop pasting!";
                }

            }
        });

        styledText.setBounds(10, 10, 100, 100);
        shell.open();
        while (!shell.isDisposed()) {
            if (!display.readAndDispatch()) {
                display.sleep();
            }
        }
        display.dispose();
    }
}