[news.eclipse.platform.swt] Re: Caret on beginning of selection

[Stefan Langer <eclipse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Open a feature request for it and tell us the bug number so people can 
vote on it.

Peter Kliem wrote:
> Hi Pavel,
>
> I faced the same problem and did not find a clean solution. I did the 
> hack of subclassing the widget (StyledText in my case) and introduced a 
> new method that does not reset the selection when setting the caret offset.
>
> This solution is clearly discouraged - but works for me.
>
> Peter
>
> Pavel Halas wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > is there a chance in SWT Text widget to programmaticaly set a 
> > selection with a caret to be on the beginning of the selection?
> >
> > Example: some|TEXT
> >
> > - "some" is a not selected part of the text in Text widget
> > - "|" is a caret position
> > - "TEXT" is a selected part of the text in Text widget
> >
> > For better understanding, it's about autocomplete functionality.
> >
> > Thanks for suggestions,
> > Pavel Halas