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Reputation: 33

SWT Text field: make text focused at the end of the line

I have an Java SWT Text which I set a long text to. When the shell opens, I want the text to be focused at the end so the user can se the ending of the text.

This is what I got:

    Text text = new Text(new Group(parent, SWT.NONE), SWT.BORDER | SWT.SINGLE);
    text.setText(someLongText);
    text.setLayoutData(new GridData(GridData.FILL_HORIZONTAL));

I tried with SWT.RIGHT but it didnt help.

To illustrate what I mean, I used the save functionality in MS Paint. The first picture is what I want to achieve. The second is what I get.

Desired behavior

Current behavior

Upvotes: 0

Views: 468

Answers (1)

greg-449
greg-449

Reputation: 111142

You can set the selection to the end of the text:

text.setSelection(text.getText().length());

Testing on macOS this only works if the Text has the SWT.MULTI style rather than SWT.SINGLE but on other platforms it might work with SWT.SINGLE.

Upvotes: 1

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