[news.eclipse.tools] Re: Selection event for SWT Combo text

["Randy Hudson" <none@xxxxxxx>]

Most users are using CCombo instead.  This Custom Control is built from
(among other things) a text field, whose behavior is probably more familiar
to you.

"Tim deBoer" <deboer@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I'm trying to write cut, copy, and paste actions for an SWT Combo widget.
> It is a dropdown list where the text field is still edittable by the user.
> I've been able to create and run the actions okay, but I've having trouble
> finding the correctly events so that I can disable/enable the actions when
> appropriate. (for instance, when nothing is selected in the text part of
> the widget, the cut should be disabled)
>
> In other text widgets the SelectionEvent is fired when the textual
> selection has changed, but in the Combo this is only fired when an item
> from the dropdown list is selected. Is there another event fired to tell
> when the user modifies the selection in the text part of the Combo?
> (either using the keyboard or the mouse)
>