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

[kyle farnand <kfarnand@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Looking at the Text tab of the SWT Controls sample view and playing 
around with all the different parameters, there were no parameters that 
I could set to get CTRL-C to work in either the Text or Styled Text 
widget (including READ_ONLY).  Right Click->Copy worked with any 
parameter settings on the Text widget but not on the StyledText widget.

Is this the desired functionality for the StyledText widget?

kyle farnand wrote:
> 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?