Table of Contents - SWT: A Developer's Notebook



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SWT: A Developer's Notebook
By Tim Hatton

Publisher	: O'Reilly
Pub Date	: October 2004
ISBN	: 0-596-00838-4
Pages	: 320

The Developer's Notebook Series

Conventions Used in This Book

What You'll Need

Using Code Examples

We'd Like to Hear from You

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1. Getting Started

Section 1.1. Downloading the SWT Library

Section 1.2. Configuring Eclipse for SWT Development

Section 1.3. Supplying the SWT Package to the Java Compiler

Section 1.4. Specifying the Location of the Native Library

Section 1.5. Using swt.jar in Multiple Projects

Chapter 2. SWT Shells

Section 2.1. Creating a Simple Shell

Section 2.2. Executing the Example

Section 2.3. Working with Shell Styles

Section 2.4. Creating a Shell Styles Example

Section 2.5. Creating Child Shells

Section 2.6. Creating Multiple Child Windows

Section 2.7. Opening True Dialogs

Section 2.8. Setting the Shell Title Text

Section 2.9. Setting the Shell Icon

Chapter 3. SWT Menus

Section 3.1. Creating the Menu Bar

Section 3.2. Adding Drop-Down Menus

Section 3.3. Adding Separator Bars

Section 3.4. Creating a Complete Menu System

Section 3.5. Adding Cascading Submenus

Section 3.6. Making Menus Perform the Intended Action

Section 3.7. Working with Other Menu Item Styles

Section 3.8. Determining the State of CHECK and RADIO Menu Items

Section 3.9. Adding Keyboard Shortcuts

Section 3.10. Creating Pop-Up Menus

Chapter 4. SWT Toolbars

Section 4.1. Creating the Toolbar

Section 4.2. Creating Toolbar Buttons

Section 4.3. Creating a Complete Toolbar Example

Section 4.4. Making the Buttons WorkAdding Listeners

Section 4.5. Adding Separators to Your Toolbar

Section 4.6. Adding Check and Radio ToolItems

Section 4.7. Determining Whether a Check or Radio Button Is Selected

Section 4.8. Using Tool Tips

Chapter 5. SWT Text Fields

Section 5.1. Adding Text Fields to a Shell

Section 5.2. Adding a Border to a Text Field

Section 5.3. Positioning the Text Field

Section 5.4. Setting the Tab Order

Section 5.5. Setting the Text Size Limit

Section 5.6. Interacting with the Text in the Text Widget

Section 5.7. Populating Text Fields from a Database

Section 5.8. Appending Text to a Text Field's Contents

Section 5.9. Creating Multiline Text Fields

Section 5.10. Wrapping Text

Section 5.11. Adding Scrollbars

Section 5.12. Reacting to Text Events

Section 5.13. Performing Field Validation

Section 5.14. Creating Display-Only Text Fields

Section 5.15. Creating Password Fields

Chapter 6. SWT Buttons

Section 6.1. Creating Push-Style Buttons

Section 6.2. Responding to Button Clicks

Section 6.3. Creating Check Buttons

Section 6.4. Determining CHECK Button Status

Section 6.5. Adding Listeners to CHECK Buttons

Section 6.6. Using Radio-Style Buttons

Section 6.7. Causing No Radio Button to be Selected

Section 6.8. Creating Toggle Buttons

Section 6.9. Determining the State of a Toggle Button

Section 6.10. Creating Arrow Buttons

Section 6.11. Using Images with Buttons

Section 6.12. Setting Tool-Tip Text

Section 6.13. Enabling and Disabling Buttons

Chapter 7. SWT Lists

Section 7.1. Creating a List

Section 7.2. Adding Items to a List

Section 7.3. Inserting Items in the Middle of a List

Section 7.4. Populating a List from a Database

Section 7.5. Removing Items from a List

Section 7.6. Determining the Selected Items

Section 7.7. Determining the Selected Item with Multiple Selections

Section 7.8. Causing an Item to Appear Selected

Section 7.9. Changing an Item's Text Value

Section 7.10. Adding Scrollbars to a List

Chapter 8. The SWT Combo

Section 8.1. Creating a Combo List

Section 8.2. Adding Items to a Combo List

Section 8.3. Creating a Working Combo List

Section 8.4. Getting the Value of the Selected Item

Section 8.5. Programmatically Selecting an Item

Section 8.6. Removing Items from a Combo List

Section 8.7. Adding Events to Combo Widgets

Section 8.8. Allowing Additions to the Combo List

Section 8.9. Getting and Setting Text in the Text Portion of the Combo

Section 8.10. Setting the Maximum Length for Entries

Section 8.11. Deselecting Text

Section 8.12. Responding to Item Changes in the Combo

Section 8.13. Using the SIMPLE Style

Chapter 9. SWT Layouts

Section 9.1. What Are the SWT Layouts?

Section 9.2. Attaching a Layout to a Container

Section 9.3. Filling the Entire Container with Widgets

Section 9.4. Changing Widget Placement in FillLayouts

Section 9.5. Lining Up Widgets Using RowLayout

Section 9.6. Controlling Wrapping of Widgets with RowLayout

Section 9.7. Controlling Sizing of Widgets with RowLayout

Section 9.8. Creating Vertical Rows

Section 9.9. Creating a GridLayout

Section 9.10. Creating Column Headings

Section 9.11. Controlling Widget Sizing and Alignment

Section 9.12. Forcing Widgets to Span Multiple Cells

Section 9.13. The SWT FormLayout

Section 9.14. Creating a Simple Password Entry Form

Chapter 10. SWT Composites and Groups

Section 10.1. Subclassing the Composite Class

Section 10.2. Using the TextPaneComposite Class on a Shell

Section 10.3. Using Composite Class Styles

Section 10.4. Using the Group Class

Section 10.5. Creating Multiple Instances of a Composite Subclass

Section 10.6. Using Composites to Achieve Complex Designs

Section 10.7. An Alternate Approach

Chapter 11. SWT Tabbed Folders

Section 11.1. Creating an Instance of TabFolder

Section 11.2. Creating the Individual Tabs

Section 11.3. Adding Widgets to the Tabs

Section 11.4. Creating a Complete Tabbed Folder Example

Section 11.5. Setting a Default Tab

Chapter 12. SWT Tables

Section 12.1. Creating a Simple Table

Section 12.2. Highlighting Rows upon Selection

Section 12.3. Allowing Multiple-Row Selection

Section 12.4. Selecting Items Programmatically

Section 12.5. Changing the Background Color

Section 12.6. Creating a Searchable Table

Section 12.7. Setting the Background of a Single Cell

Section 12.8. Adding Find-and-Replace Functionality

Chapter 13. SWT Trees

Section 13.1. Creating the Tree

Section 13.2. Adding Items to the Tree

Section 13.3. Adding Items to Other Items

Section 13.4. Creating a Full Tree Example

Section 13.5. Using Images with TreeItem

Section 13.6. Changing the Image When the Item Is Expanded

Section 13.7. Using Trees with Other Widgets

Section 13.8. Working with Other Tree Styles

Section 13.9. Determining the Checked Item(s)

Chapter 14. Other SWT Listeners

Section 14.1. Using KeyListener

Section 14.2. Using MouseListener

Section 14.3. Working with the MouseEvent Class

Section 14.4. Responding to Shift-Click Events

Section 14.5. Working with the MouseMoveListener

Section 14.6. Using the MouseTrackListener

Chapter 15. SWT CoolBars

Section 15.1. Creating a CoolBar

Section 15.2. Using Events with CoolBars

Section 15.3. Adding Widgets Other Than Buttons to the CoolBar

Section 15.4. Preventing the User from Rearranging the CoolBar

Section 15.5. Using ToolBars with CoolBars

Chapter 16. SWT Slider and ProgressBar

Section 16.1. The SWT Slider Class

Section 16.2. Using the SWT ProgressBar Class

Section 16.3. Creating a Moving Progress Bar

Chapter 17. SWT Standard Dialogs

Section 17.1. Using the SWT MessageBox Class

Section 17.2. Using the SWT FileDialog Class

Section 17.3. Using the SWT FileDialog Class

Section 17.4. Using the SWT FileDialog Class

Section 17.5. The SWT ColorDialog Class

Section 17.6. Using the SWT FontDialog Class

Section 17.7. Using the SWT PrintDialog Class

Chapter 18. A Complete SWT Application

Section 18.1. Designing the Application

Section 18.2. Developing the Application

Section 18.3. The End of the SWT Road

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