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Create your own dialog classes which allows users to input a String
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import org.eclipse.swt.SWT;
import org.eclipse.swt.events.SelectionAdapter;
import org.eclipse.swt.events.SelectionEvent;
import org.eclipse.swt.layout.GridData;
import org.eclipse.swt.layout.GridLayout;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Button;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Dialog;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Label;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Text;
class InputDialog extends Dialog {
private String message;
private String input;
public InputDialog(Shell parent) {
this(parent, SWT.DIALOG_TRIM | SWT.APPLICATION_MODAL);
}
public InputDialog(Shell parent, int style) {
super(parent, style);
setText("Input Dialog");
setMessage("Please enter a value:");
}
public String getMessage() {
return message;
}
public void setMessage(String message) {
this.message = message;
}
public String getInput() {
return input;
}
public void setInput(String input) {
this.input = input;
}
public String open() {
Shell shell = new Shell(getParent(), getStyle());
shell.setText(getText());
createContents(shell);
shell.pack();
shell.open();
Display display = getParent().getDisplay();
while (!shell.isDisposed()) {
if (!display.readAndDispatch()) {
display.sleep();
}
}
return input;
}
private void createContents(final Shell shell) {
shell.setLayout(new GridLayout(2, true));
Label label = new Label(shell, SWT.NONE);
label.setText(message);
GridData data = new GridData();
data.horizontalSpan = 2;
label.setLayoutData(data);
final Text text = new Text(shell, SWT.BORDER);
data = new GridData(GridData.FILL_HORIZONTAL);
data.horizontalSpan = 2;
text.setLayoutData(data);
Button ok = new Button(shell, SWT.PUSH);
ok.setText("OK");
data = new GridData(GridData.FILL_HORIZONTAL);
ok.setLayoutData(data);
ok.addSelectionListener(new SelectionAdapter() {
public void widgetSelected(SelectionEvent event) {
input = text.getText();
shell.close();
}
});
Button cancel = new Button(shell, SWT.PUSH);
cancel.setText("Cancel");
data = new GridData(GridData.FILL_HORIZONTAL);
cancel.setLayoutData(data);
cancel.addSelectionListener(new SelectionAdapter() {
public void widgetSelected(SelectionEvent event) {
input = null;
shell.close();
}
});
shell.setDefaultButton(ok);
}
}
public class CustomInputDialog {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Display display = new Display();
Shell shell = new Shell(display);
InputDialog dlg = new InputDialog(shell);
String input = dlg.open();
if (input != null) {
// User clicked OK; set the text into the label
System.out.println(input);
}
while (!shell.isDisposed()) {
if (!display.readAndDispatch()) {
display.sleep();
}
}
display.dispose();
}
}
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