DragTextToLabel.java Source code

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import org.eclipse.swt.SWT;
import org.eclipse.swt.dnd.DND;
import org.eclipse.swt.dnd.DragSource;
import org.eclipse.swt.dnd.DragSourceAdapter;
import org.eclipse.swt.dnd.DragSourceEvent;
import org.eclipse.swt.dnd.DropTarget;
import org.eclipse.swt.dnd.DropTargetAdapter;
import org.eclipse.swt.dnd.DropTargetEvent;
import org.eclipse.swt.dnd.TextTransfer;
import org.eclipse.swt.dnd.Transfer;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Label;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Text;

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

        Text text = new Text(shell, SWT.BORDER | SWT.SINGLE);

        Transfer[] types = new Transfer[] { TextTransfer.getInstance() };
        DragSource source = new DragSource(text, DND.DROP_MOVE | DND.DROP_COPY);
        source.setTransfer(types);

        source.addDragListener(new DragSourceAdapter() {
            public void dragSetData(DragSourceEvent event) {
                // Get the selected items in the drag source
                DragSource ds = (DragSource) event.widget;
                Text text = (Text) ds.getControl();

                event.data = text.getSelectionText();
            }
        });

        Label label = new Label(shell, SWT.BORDER);
        // Create the drop target
        DropTarget target = new DropTarget(label, DND.DROP_MOVE | DND.DROP_COPY | DND.DROP_DEFAULT);
        target.setTransfer(types);
        target.addDropListener(new DropTargetAdapter() {
            public void dragEnter(DropTargetEvent event) {
                if (event.detail == DND.DROP_DEFAULT) {
                    event.detail = (event.operations & DND.DROP_COPY) != 0 ? DND.DROP_COPY : DND.DROP_NONE;
                }

                // Allow dropping text only
                for (int i = 0, n = event.dataTypes.length; i < n; i++) {
                    if (TextTransfer.getInstance().isSupportedType(event.dataTypes[i])) {
                        event.currentDataType = event.dataTypes[i];
                    }
                }
            }

            public void dragOver(DropTargetEvent event) {
                event.feedback = DND.FEEDBACK_SELECT | DND.FEEDBACK_SCROLL;
            }

            public void drop(DropTargetEvent event) {
                if (TextTransfer.getInstance().isSupportedType(event.currentDataType)) {
                    // Get the dropped data
                    DropTarget target = (DropTarget) event.widget;
                    Label label = (Label) target.getControl();
                    String data = (String) event.data;

                    label.setText(data);
                    label.redraw();
                }
            }
        });

        text.setBounds(10, 10, 100, 25);
        label.setBounds(10, 55, 100, 25);
        shell.open();

        while (!shell.isDisposed()) {
            if (!display.readAndDispatch()) {
                display.sleep();
            }
        }
        display.dispose();
    }
}