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javacomboboxswt
vho
vho

Reputation: 1141

How to highlight text in SWT Combo?

I would like to highlight a text in a combo box (org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Combo).

For example, suppose that the combo text is "IP:6061". I would like to highlight "IP". How can I do that?

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Upvotes: 0

Views: 893

Answers (3)

Baz
Baz

Reputation: 36884

Here's a reusable solution:

private void setSelection(Combo combo, String query)
{
    String comboText = combo.getText();

    int index = comboText.indexOf(query);

    if(index != -1)
        combo.setSelection(new Point(index, index + query.length()));
}

You could add an else clause to remove the selection if that's what you want to happen when there's no match in the text.

Call it like this:

Combo combo = ...
combo.setText("IP: 1.1.1.1");
String query = "IP";

setSelection(combo, query);

Upvotes: 3

victor sosa
victor sosa

Reputation: 899

You may have to use a combination of getSelection() and getText(). But this question is very vague; so you maybe asking only to need to use getText() and filter the string to the characters you want.

Upvotes: 0

Rüdiger Herrmann
Rüdiger Herrmann

Reputation: 20985

To select a part of the Combo's text, use Combo::setSelection()

For example

combo.setText( "IP:6061" );
combo.setSelection( new Point( 0, 2 ) );

would select the 'IP' of 'IP:6061'.

Upvotes: 2

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