Java/SWT JFace Eclipse/Link

Create a link widget

/*
 * 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();
  }
}

Detect selection events in a link widget

/*
 * 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();
  }
}