SWT - Custom Controls?

[Claus K.]

Hello everyone,

I need to implement some controls on my own (for example, text + image
button with extended mouse functionality) for some pet project. I
would like to use SWT.

I have not understood completely which class to extend. Do I use
Component or do I use Control?

Is there a good example somewhere, especially for the drawing part?
Most examples I saw just painted on the shell itself, not on a control
as child of a shell...

Do I have to re-implement paint() and paint text and image in the
controls rectangle and this will be good, or am I missing something?

 

[Jeff Higgins]

Hello everyone,

I need to implement some controls on my own (for example, text + image
button with extended mouse functionality) for some pet project. I
would like to use SWT.

I have not understood completely which class to extend. Do I use
Component or do I use Control?

Is there a good example somewhere, especially for the drawing part?
Most examples I saw just painted on the shell itself, not on a control
as child of a shell...

Do I have to re-implement paint() and paint text and image in the
controls rectangle and this will be good, or am I missing something?

A web search using the terms "swt create custom widget"
produces a link to "Creating Your Own Widgets using SWT"
<http://tinyurl.com/5nyeo>.

Kind of old, but probably a good start.

 

[Claus K.]

A web search using the terms "swt create custom widget"
produces a link to "Creating Your Own Widgets using SWT"
<http://tinyurl.com/5nyeo>.

Kind of old, but probably a good start.

OK, I was using the wrong search criteria, shame on me and thanks!