Not all attributes of a tag are listed as it is rather a huge task for one person to really write a full documentation for the Swt. Just the ones that I did something special are listed. For the rest, check the Eclipse 3.0 Platform API JavaDoc.
Basically, for a class, any functions (static or non-static) start with "set" prefix and only has one parameter can be used
as an attribute which does not have the "set" prefix and in lower case. For example, if you see a setSize(Point size)
function, then there is an attribute "size", and the value for the attribute should be a Point object. Similarly for any
public variables (static or non-static), there is a corresponding attribute name in lowercase. As always, check
the converters page for the available converters that can convert string to the corresponding
data type.
Notes:
- An internal tag should not be used directly.
- If a tag is inherited from a tag, then all attributes and adders are inherited from that tag. For example, button inherits control, which in turn inherts widget. Then button inherits the attributes and adders of its ancestors besides the ones it has, which has more prioity.
| Tag | Class | Inherit Tag |
Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| browser | org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Browser | composite | |
| button | org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Button | control | |
| canvas | org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Canvas | composite | |
| caret | org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Caret | widget | |
| cbanner | org.eclipse.swt.widgets.CBanner | composite | |
| ccombo | org.eclipse.swt.widgets.CCombo | composite | Strings can be direct children of this tag to add items to the combo list. |
| clabel | org.eclipse.swt.widgets.CLabel | canvas | |
| colordialog | org.eclipse.swt.widgets.ColorDialog | dialog | |
| combo | org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Combo | composite | Strings can be direct children of this tag to add items to the combo list. |
| composite | org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Composite | control | If a Layout is a direct child, setLayout(Layout) is called to set the composite's layout. |
| control | org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Control | widget | If a menu is a direct child, then setMenu(Menu) is called to add the menu to the control. |
| coolbar | org.eclipse.swt.widgets.CoolBar | composite | Whenever the CoolBar is resized, the layout of the Shell containing the CoolBar is adjusted to accommodate the change. |
| coolitem | org.eclipse.swt.widgets.CoolItem | item | If a control is a direct child, then setControl(Control) is called. Also, the minimum and preferred size of the CoolItem is set to the preferred size of the control. |
| ctabfolder | org.eclipse.swt.widgets.CTabFolder | composite | |
| ctabitem | org.eclipse.swt.widgets.CTabItem | item | If a control is a direct child, then setControl(Control) is called. |
| decorations | org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Decorations | canvas | If the direct child menu has the BAR style, then setMenuBar(Menu) is called to set the menubar for the Decorations. |
| dialog | org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Dialog | ||
| directorydialog | org.eclipse.swt.widgets.DirectoryDialog | dialog | |
| display | org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display | Obtained using Display.getDefault (). | |
| dragsource | org.eclipse.swt.widgets.DropSource | widget | |
| droptarget | org.eclipse.swt.widgets.DropTarget | widget | |
| expandbar | org.eclipse.swt.widgets.ExpandBar | composite | CookSwt 1.2 |
| expanditem | org.eclipse.swt.widgets.ExpandBar | item | CookSwt 1.2 |
| filedialog | org.eclipse.swt.widgets.FileDialog | dialog | |
| fontdialog | org.eclipse.swt.widgets.FontDialog | dialog | |
| glcanvas | org.eclipse.swt.widgets.GLCanvas | canvas | CookSwt 1.2 |
| group | org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Group | composite | |
| item | org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Item | listeners | Internal tag. |
| label | org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Label | control | |
| link | org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Link | control | CookSwt 1.1 |
| list | org.eclipse.swt.widgets.List | control | Strings can be direct children of this tag to add items to the list. |
| listeners | Internal tag. It is used to hold all the setters that redirect the setting of "xxxlistener" to addxxxListener(Listener) function calls. A notable exception is DragSourceListener and DropTargetListener which are redirected to addDragListener and addDropListener. | ||
| menu | org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Menu | widget | |
| menubar | org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Menu | widget | Same as menu, just with a BAR style (additional styles can be specified). |
| menuitem | org.eclipse.swt.widgets.MenuItem | item | The accelerator of the menu item is basically keys defined in SWT combined together with regular keys. For example: CTRL | SHIFT | T. SWT can also parse the menu text to get the desired accelerator key. |
| menusplit | org.eclipse.swt.widgets.MenuItem | item | Same as menu, just with a SEPARATOR style (additional styles can be specified). |
| messagebox | org.eclipse.swt.widgets.MessageBox | dialog | |
| printdialog | org.eclipse.swt.printing.PrintDialog | dialog | |
| progressbar | org.eclipse.swt.widgets.ProgressBar | control | |
| sash | org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Sash | control | |
| sashform | org.eclipse.swt.widgets.SashForm | composite | |
| scale | org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Scale | control | |
| scrolledcomposite | org.eclipse.swt.widgets.ScrolledComposite | composite | |
| shell | org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell | decorations | |
| slider | org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Slider | control | |
| spinner | org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Spinner | composite | CookSwt 1.1 |
| styledtext | org.eclipse.swt.widgets.StyledText | canvas | |
| systemtray | org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Tray | widget | It is obtained using Display.getCurrent ().getSystemTray (); |
| tabfolder | org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TabFolder | composite | |
| tabitem | org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TabItem | item | If a control is a direct child, then setControl(Control) is called. |
| table | org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Table | composite | |
| tablecolumn | org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TableColumn | item | |
| tablecursor | org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TableCursor | canvas | |
| tabletree | org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TableTree | composite | Only in CookSwt 1.0. |
| tabletreeitem | org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TableTreeItem | item | Only in CookSwt 1.0. |
| textarea | org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Text | control | |
| toolbar | org.eclipse.swt.widgets.ToolBar | composite | If the toolbar has WRAP style, then its layout is changed whenever the width becomes too small. |
| toolitem | org.eclipse.swt.widgets.ToolItem | item | If a control is a direct child, then setControl(Control) is called and the width of the ToolItem is set to the preferred size of the control. If a menu with DROP_DOWN style is a direct child and this toolitem also has a DROP_DOWN style, then when the arrow is pressed, the drop down menu becomes visible and is located right below the tool item. |
| tooltip | org.eclipse.swt.widgets.ToolTip | widget | CookSwt 1.2 |
| tracker | org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Tracker | widget | |
| trayitem | org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TrayItem | item | |
| tree | org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Tree | composite | |
| treecolumn | org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TreeColumn | item | CookSwt 1.1 |
| treeitem | org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TrayItem | item | |
| viewform | org.eclipse.swt.widgets.ViewForm | composite | |
| widget | org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget | listeners | Internal tag. |
| xmldialog | XmlDialog | dialog |
