GC: measure a string
/* * GC example snippet: measure a string * * For a list of all SWT example snippets see * http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/%7Echeckout%7E/platform-swt-home/dev.html#snippets */ import org.eclipse.swt.SWT; import org.eclipse.swt.graphics.GC; import org.eclipse.swt.graphics.Point; import org.eclipse.swt.layout.RowLayout; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Label; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell; public class Snippet93 { public static void main(String[] args) { Display display = new Display(); Shell shell = new Shell(display); shell.setLayout(new RowLayout()); Label label = new Label(shell, SWT.NONE); GC gc = new GC(label); Point size = gc.textExtent("Hello"); gc.dispose(); label.setText("Hello -> " + size); shell.pack(); shell.open(); while (!shell.isDisposed()) { if (!display.readAndDispatch()) display.sleep(); } display.dispose(); } }