[news.eclipse.platform.swt] Re: Traversing out of a Text widget.

["Martin Maercker" <mmaercker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Steve and Veronika,

your solution was exactly what I needed.


Best regards,

Martin Maercker


"Steve Northover" <steve_northover@xxxxxxxxxx> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> You should be able to modify snippet this snippet:
>
>
>
http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/org.eclipse.swt.snippets/src/org/ec
lipse/swt/snippets/Snippet127.java?rev=HEAD&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-ma
rkup
>
> by setting "doit=true" for the traverse next case.  This will cause
> traversal to happen rather than the tab character to be inserted into the
> control.  NOTE:  This should not be necessary if the widgets are
single-line
> text controls.  If the widgets are multi-line, you might frustrate your
> users because they will expect to be able to insert tab characters.


"Veronika Irvine" <veronika_irvine@xxxxxxx> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> Use a traverse listener:
>
> public static void main (String [] args) {
>         final Display display = new Display ();
>         Shell shell = new Shell (display);
>         shell.setLayout(new FillLayout());
>         Text t = new Text(shell, SWT.MULTI | SWT.WRAP);
>         t.setText("asd a sda da d ad as da sd adadadsasd");
>         t.addTraverseListener(new TraverseListener() {
>                 public void keyTraversed(TraverseEvent e) {
>                         if (e.detail == SWT.TRAVERSE_TAB_NEXT || e.detail
==
> SWT.TRAVERSE_TAB_PREVIOUS) {
>                                 e.doit = true;
>                         }
>                 }
>         });
>         Button b = new Button(shell, SWT.PUSH);
>         b.setText("Button");
>         shell.open ();
>         while (!shell.isDisposed ()) {
>                 if (!display.readAndDispatch ()) display.sleep ();
>         }
>         display.dispose ();
> }




"Martin Maercker" <mmaercker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> Hi,
>
> What flags do I need to set or which events do I need to catch to use the
> TAB key as a traversal impulse in the context of a Text widget?
>
> I have a series of  Text widgets in a window one below the other. When
> SHIFT+TAB is pressed, the focus jumps from a Text widget to the one above
> it. I would like a traversal in the opposite direction to take place when
> the TAB tree is pressed alone (i.e. the standard traversal behaviour). I
> can't stop the Text widget from interpreting the TAB key as a tab stop,
> though. I've tried catching the key with a listener and then setting doit
to
> false which does keep a tab from being inserted but it does not lead to a
> traversal event.
>
>
> Any help greatly appreciated,
>
> Martin Maerker
>
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