Java tutorial
import org.eclipse.swt.SWT; import org.eclipse.swt.custom.StyledText; 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 StyledTextPaint { static String SEARCH_STRING = "box"; public static void main(String[] args) { final Display display = new Display(); Shell shell = new Shell(display); shell.setBounds(10, 10, 250, 250); final StyledText text = new StyledText(shell, SWT.NONE); text.setBounds(10, 10, 200, 200); text.addListener(SWT.Paint, new Listener() { public void handleEvent(Event event) { System.out.println("paint"); } }); shell.open(); while (!shell.isDisposed()) { if (!display.readAndDispatch()) display.sleep(); } display.dispose(); } }