Java tutorial
/* * Control example snippet: update a status line when an item is armed * * For a list of all SWT example snippets see * http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/%7Echeckout%7E/platform-swt-home/dev.html#snippets */ import org.eclipse.swt.SWT; import org.eclipse.swt.layout.FormAttachment; import org.eclipse.swt.layout.FormData; import org.eclipse.swt.layout.FormLayout; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Event; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Label; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Listener; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Menu; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.MenuItem; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell; public class Snippet152 { public static void main(String[] args) { Display display = new Display(); Shell shell = new Shell(display); FormLayout layout = new FormLayout(); shell.setLayout(layout); final Label label = new Label(shell, SWT.BORDER); Listener armListener = new Listener() { public void handleEvent(Event event) { MenuItem item = (MenuItem) event.widget; label.setText(item.getText()); label.update(); } }; Listener showListener = new Listener() { public void handleEvent(Event event) { Menu menu = (Menu) event.widget; MenuItem item = menu.getParentItem(); if (item != null) { label.setText(item.getText()); label.update(); } } }; Listener hideListener = new Listener() { public void handleEvent(Event event) { label.setText(""); label.update(); } }; FormData labelData = new FormData(); labelData.left = new FormAttachment(0); labelData.right = new FormAttachment(100); labelData.bottom = new FormAttachment(100); label.setLayoutData(labelData); Menu menuBar = new Menu(shell, SWT.BAR); shell.setMenuBar(menuBar); MenuItem fileItem = new MenuItem(menuBar, SWT.CASCADE); fileItem.setText("File"); fileItem.addListener(SWT.Arm, armListener); MenuItem editItem = new MenuItem(menuBar, SWT.CASCADE); editItem.setText("Edit"); editItem.addListener(SWT.Arm, armListener); Menu fileMenu = new Menu(shell, SWT.DROP_DOWN); fileMenu.addListener(SWT.Hide, hideListener); fileMenu.addListener(SWT.Show, showListener); fileItem.setMenu(fileMenu); String[] fileStrings = { "New", "Close", "Exit" }; for (int i = 0; i < fileStrings.length; i++) { MenuItem item = new MenuItem(fileMenu, SWT.PUSH); item.setText(fileStrings[i]); item.addListener(SWT.Arm, armListener); } Menu editMenu = new Menu(shell, SWT.DROP_DOWN); editMenu.addListener(SWT.Hide, hideListener); editMenu.addListener(SWT.Show, showListener); String[] editStrings = { "Cut", "Copy", "Paste" }; editItem.setMenu(editMenu); for (int i = 0; i < editStrings.length; i++) { MenuItem item = new MenuItem(editMenu, SWT.PUSH); item.setText(editStrings[i]); item.addListener(SWT.Arm, armListener); } shell.open(); while (!shell.isDisposed()) { if (!display.readAndDispatch()) display.sleep(); } display.dispose(); } }