Java/SWT JFace Eclipse/Link

Create a link widget

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/*

* Link example snippet: create a link widget
* 
* 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.widgets.Display; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Link; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell; public class Snippet182 {

 public static void main(String[] args) {
   Display display = new Display();
   Shell shell = new Shell(display);
   Link link = new Link(shell, SWT.BORDER);
   link.setText("This a very simple <A>link</A> widget.");
   link.setSize(140, 40);
   shell.pack();
   shell.open();
   while (!shell.isDisposed()) {
     if (!display.readAndDispatch())
       display.sleep();
   }
   display.dispose();
 }

}

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Detect selection events in a link widget

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/*

* Link example snippet: detect selection events in a link widget
* 
* 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.widgets.Display; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Event; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Link; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Listener; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell; public class Snippet183 {

 public static void main(String[] args) {
   Display display = new Display();
   Shell shell = new Shell(display);
   Link link = new Link(shell, SWT.NONE);
   String text = "The SWT component is designed to provide <a>efficient</a>, <a>portable</a>  on which it is implemented.";
   link.setText(text);
   link.setSize(400, 400);
   link.addListener(SWT.Selection, new Listener() {
     public void handleEvent(Event event) {
       System.out.println("Selection: " + event.text);
     }
   });
   shell.pack();
   shell.open();
   while (!shell.isDisposed()) {
     if (!display.readAndDispatch())
       display.sleep();
   }
   display.dispose();
 }

}

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