Re: [platform-swt-dev] Label ampersand in text

[Carolyn MacLeod <Carolyn_MacLeod@xxxxxxxxxx>]

The javadoc for Label.setText() says
"...The mnemonic indicator character '&' can be escaped by doubling
it in the string, causing a single '&' to be displayed. ...".
So your initial strings need to have
the && in them. Or you can use replaceAll before setting the text.
Or you can use the method you used, but it is less efficient.

Carolyn

From:	"Nazarenus, Jens" <Jens.Nazarenus@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To:	"platform-swt-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx" <platform-swt-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:	22/03/2010 04:55 AM
Subject:	[platform-swt-dev] Label ampersand in text
Sent by:	platform-swt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx

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Hi,
I am developing a SWT application using org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Label.

When I include an ampersand <&> with label.setText("my company
GmbH & Co. KG"); the character is not shown correctly.
Mostly an underline <_> is shown instead of the ampersand. It seems
that SWT interprets the ampersand as the mnemonic character for the label.

What I have done:
I wrote a method which is invoked after setting the text for the label
control.

public static void fixMnemonic(Label l) {
                
String text = l.getText();
                
l.setText(text.replaceAll("&", "&&"));
}

It works. But I am not happy with this solution.
Is there another way to bypass this issue?

Regards
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