Add a select all menu item to the control


/*
 * Text example snippet: add a select all menu item to the control
 *
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 */
import org.eclipse.swt.SWT;
import org.eclipse.swt.layout.FillLayout;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Event;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Listener;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Menu;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.MenuItem;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Text;

public class Snippet117 {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    Display display = new Display();
    Shell shell = new Shell(display);
    shell.setLayout(new FillLayout());
    final Text t = new Text(shell, SWT.BORDER | SWT.MULTI);

    Menu bar = new Menu(shell, SWT.BAR);
    shell.setMenuBar(bar);
    MenuItem editItem = new MenuItem(bar, SWT.CASCADE);
    editItem.setText("Edit");
    Menu submenu = new Menu(shell, SWT.DROP_DOWN);
    editItem.setMenu(submenu);

    MenuItem item = new MenuItem(submenu, SWT.PUSH);
    item.addListener(SWT.Selection, new Listener() {
      public void handleEvent(Event e) {
        t.selectAll();
      }
    });
    item.setText("Select &All\tCtrl+A");
    item.setAccelerator(SWT.CTRL + 'A');

    // Note that as long as your application has not overridden
    // the global accelerators for copy, paste, and cut
    // (CTRL+C or CTRL+INSERT, CTRL+V or SHIFT+INSERT, and CTRL+X or
    // SHIFT+DELETE)
    // these behaviours are already available by default.
    // If your application overrides these accelerators,
    // you will need to call Text.copy(), Text.paste() and Text.cut()
    // from the Selection callback for the accelerator when the
    // text widget has focus.

    shell.setSize(200, 200);
    shell.open();
    while (!shell.isDisposed()) {
      if (!display.readAndDispatch())
        display.sleep();
    }
    display.dispose();
  }
}

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