Java tutorial
import org.eclipse.swt.SWT; import org.eclipse.swt.layout.RowLayout; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Event; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Listener; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Text; public class TextSelectionListener { 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("some text"); text.addListener(SWT.DefaultSelection, new Listener() { public void handleEvent(Event e) { System.out.println(e.widget + " - Default Selection"); } }); shell.pack(); shell.open(); while (!shell.isDisposed()) { if (!display.readAndDispatch()) display.sleep(); } display.dispose(); } }