[news.eclipse.tools] Re: cut, copy, paste in StyledText Widget

[kyle farnand <kfarnand@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I must be doing something wrong then.  I tried CTRL-C and paste the 
results into notepad and don't get anything.  I know about the API but 
was hoping to get this functionality for free (which seems possible). 
In the Text widget you get <right-click> menu -> copy functionality and 
was hoping that would be the same in StyledText widget.

Lynne Kues wrote:
> I do not understand what you are talking about.
>
> If the StyledText widget is READ_ONLY, the copy operation is available
> (select some text and press CTRL-C), but you cannot paste to or cut from the
> widget since it is readonly.  Also note that there is API in the StyledText
> widget to cut, copy and paste programatically.
>
> "kyle farnand" <kfarnand@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:b7mtas$n7d$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> > When I use the below code, I get copy and paste for free.
> >
> > >Text modelText = new Text(modelXMLContainer, SWT.READ_ONLY |SWT.MULTI);
> > >modelText.setText(modelString);
> >
> > But when I used the StyledText widget, I lose this functionality.
> >
> > >StyledText modelText = new StyledText(modelXMLContainer, SWT.READ_ONLY);
> > >modelText.setText(modelString);
> >
> > An earlier post said I should get the same copy and paste functionality
> > if I use SWT.READ_ONLY in the constructor from both widgets but that is
> > not the case.
> >
> > Is there an easy way to get this copy and paste functionality out of the
> > StyledText widget (as in the Text widget) or do I have to implement it
> > myself?