Java tutorial
import org.eclipse.swt.SWT; import org.eclipse.swt.layout.GridLayout; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Button; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Event; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Listener; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell; public class ButtonWithEventListener { public static void main(String[] args) { Display display = new Display(); Shell shell = new Shell(display); shell.setLayout(new GridLayout()); Button button = new Button(shell, SWT.NONE); button.setText("Click and check the console"); button.addListener(SWT.Selection, new Listener() { public void handleEvent(Event e) { switch (e.type) { case SWT.Selection: System.out.println("Button pressed"); break; } } }); shell.open(); while (!shell.isDisposed()) { if (!display.readAndDispatch()) { display.sleep(); } } } }