[news.eclipse.platform.swt] Re: Counting click events in a TableColumn??

["Frank" <frank@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I wonder how, too.
I find adding selectionListener or MouseListener doesn't work.


"Tim Molter" <tim.molter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
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> Hi. Is it possible to count the number of times a column header in a table 
> has been clicked? Following is a working snippet that I'm using to create 
> a table with two columns. What can I put in the handleEvent method so that 
> a counter is incremented each time it's triggered? I'm guessing that I 
> need to create some kind of "global" counter variable outside handleEvent 
> that is incremented inside the handleEvent method, but I'm not exactly 
> sure how to do that. Any tips??!!
>
> Thanks much!
>
>
> import org.eclipse.swt.SWT;
> import org.eclipse.swt.layout.FillLayout;
> import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.*;
>
> public class ColumnEventCount {
>
>
>  public static void main(String[] args) {
>    Display display = new Display();
>    Shell shell = new Shell(display);
>    shell.setLayout(new FillLayout());
>    final Table table = new Table(shell, SWT.BORDER);
>    table.setHeaderVisible(true);
>    int columnCount = 2;
> TableColumn[] tableColumns = new TableColumn[columnCount];
>    for (int m = 0; m < columnCount; m++){
> //create the columns
> tableColumns[m]= new TableColumn(table, SWT.CENTER);
> tableColumns[m].setText("column" + Integer.toString(m));
> tableColumns[m].setWidth(100);
> tableColumns[m].addListener(SWT.Selection, new Listener() {
>     public void handleEvent(Event e) {
>
>     }
> });
> }
>
>    TableItem item = new TableItem(table, SWT.NONE);
>    item.setText(new String[] { "Larry", "King",});
>    item = new TableItem(table, SWT.NONE);
>    item.setText(new String[] { "Al", "Bundy"});
>
>    shell.open();
>    while (!shell.isDisposed()) {
>      if (!display.readAndDispatch())
>        display.sleep();
>    }
>    display.dispose();
>  }
> }
>