SWT Programming with Eclipse

8.2.2. Slider, Scale, and ProgressBar widgets

Scale represents a range of selectable continues values. The range can be specified by the setMinimum() and setMaximum() methods of the Scale class. You can get the selection value by using the getSelection() method. A scale can only have one selected value at a given time. That is to say, it is not possible to have multiple selections.

Figure 6. Slider and Scale widgets inside a Group.

Depending on the parameters passed to the constractor, it is possible to create different scale and slider widgets. The slider and scale constants are shown in Table 5.

Optionally, you can use the SWT.BORDER constant to create a border around a scale widget. This constant has no effect on the slider widget.

 final Slider slider =   new Slider(shell,SWT.VERTICAL); slider.setMinimum(0); slider.setMaximum(100); slider.setIncrement(5); slider.setPageIncrement(10); slider.setSelection(25); slider.addSelectionListener(  new SelectionAdapter()  {    public void widgetSelected(SelectionEvent e)    {      System.out.println("Selection:"+                          slider.getSelection());    }  } );

The ProgressBar widget is similar to the Slider and Scale widgets, but it is not selectable. It shows the progress of a task. You can use the SWT.SMOOTH and SWT.INTERMINATE constants with the ProgressBar widget.

8.2.3. Text widget

A Text widget can be used to show or to edit text. Alternatively, you can use a StyledText widget to display the text by using a different font and color. The StyledText widget allows you to set the foreground, background color, and font for a given range within a text block.

Figure 7. Text widget.

It is possible to create a Text widget with the constants shown in Table 6. A Text widget is a scrollable widget. Therefore, the SWT.H_SCROLL and SWT.V_SCROLL constants can be used to add scroll bars to a Text widget.

Source 5 is a simple Text widget usage example.

 Text text =   new Text(shell, SWT.MULTI|SWT.WRAP);

8.2.4. List widget

A List widget can be used to display a list of selectable string values. In the case of a selection, the List object sends a notification event to its listeners. The type of a selection can be single or multiple selections. The type of the selection is determined by the SWT.SINGLE or SWT.MULTI constants. The List widget is a scrollable widget. Therefore, the SWT.H_SCROLL and SWT.V_SCROLL constants can be used to add scroll bars to a Text widget.

Figure 8. List widget.

The following code snippet shows a simple List widget example.

 final List list = new List(shell,SWT.MULTI); for (int i = 1; i < 11; i++)  {   list.add(i+".)www.korayguclu.de"); } list.addSelectionListener(   new SelectionAdapter()   {     public void widgetSelected(SelectionEvent e)     {       List list = (List) e.getSource();       String[] str = list.getSelection();       for (int i = 0; i < str.length; i++)       {         System.out.println("Selection: "+str[i]);       }     }  } );

8.2.5. Sash widget

A Sash widget can be used to display composite widgets in resizable areas. The following figure shows a Sash widget example.

Figure 9. Sash widget.

A basic sash example can be seen below.

 Button button = new Button(shell,SWT.PUSH); Sash sash = new Sash(shell, SWT.VERTICAL); Button button1 = new Button(shell,SWT.PUSH);