Copy and paste data with the clipboard
/*
* Clipboard example snippet: copy and paste data with the clipboard
*
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*/
import org.eclipse.swt.SWT;
import org.eclipse.swt.dnd.Clipboard;
import org.eclipse.swt.dnd.TextTransfer;
import org.eclipse.swt.dnd.Transfer;
import org.eclipse.swt.layout.FormAttachment;
import org.eclipse.swt.layout.FormData;
import org.eclipse.swt.layout.FormLayout;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Button;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Event;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Listener;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Text;
public class Snippet94 {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Display display = new Display();
final Clipboard cb = new Clipboard(display);
final Shell shell = new Shell(display);
shell.setLayout(new FormLayout());
final Text text = new Text(shell, SWT.BORDER | SWT.MULTI | SWT.V_SCROLL
| SWT.H_SCROLL);
Button copy = new Button(shell, SWT.PUSH);
copy.setText("Copy");
copy.addListener(SWT.Selection, new Listener() {
public void handleEvent(Event e) {
String textData = text.getSelectionText();
TextTransfer textTransfer = TextTransfer.getInstance();
cb.setContents(new Object[] { textData },
new Transfer[] { textTransfer });
}
});
Button paste = new Button(shell, SWT.PUSH);
paste.setText("Paste");
paste.addListener(SWT.Selection, new Listener() {
public void handleEvent(Event e) {
TextTransfer transfer = TextTransfer.getInstance();
String data = (String) cb.getContents(transfer);
if (data != null) {
text.insert(data);
}
}
});
FormData data = new FormData();
data.right = new FormAttachment(100, -5);
data.top = new FormAttachment(0, 5);
copy.setLayoutData(data);
data = new FormData();
data.right = new FormAttachment(100, -5);
data.top = new FormAttachment(copy, 5);
paste.setLayoutData(data);
data = new FormData();
data.left = new FormAttachment(0, 5);
data.top = new FormAttachment(0, 5);
data.right = new FormAttachment(copy, -5);
data.bottom = new FormAttachment(100, -5);
text.setLayoutData(data);
shell.setSize(200, 200);
shell.open();
while (!shell.isDisposed()) {
if (!display.readAndDispatch())
display.sleep();
}
cb.dispose();
display.dispose();
}
}
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