Limit the number of characters that the StyledText accepts : StyledText « SWT « Java Tutorial

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import org.eclipse.swt.SWT;
import org.eclipse.swt.custom.StyledText;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell;

public class StyledTextLimit {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    final Display display = new Display();
    final Shell shell = new Shell(display);

    StyledText styledText = new StyledText(shell, SWT.V_SCROLL | SWT.BORDER);
    styledText.setText("12345");

    styledText.setTextLimit(10);    
    
    styledText.setBounds(10, 10, 100, 100);
    shell.open();
    while (!shell.isDisposed()) {
      if (!display.readAndDispatch()) {
        display.sleep();
      }
    }
    display.dispose();

  }
}

17.42.StyledText
	17.42.1.	Creating a StyledText Widget
	17.42.2.	Create a StyledText that scrolls vertically, wraps text, and displays a border:
	17.42.3.	Using the Clipboard
	17.42.4.	Draw a box around text
	17.42.5.	StyledText: embed images
	17.42.6.	StyledText: use gradient background
	17.42.7.	StyledText: embed controls
	17.42.8.	Getting Statistics: Caret Offset, Total Lines of Text, Total Characters and Current Line
	17.42.9.	Print StyledText out
	17.42.10.	Print to the default printer in a separate thread
	17.42.11.	Set page format for printing
	17.42.12.	Make a StyledText read-only
	17.42.13.	Limit the number of characters that the StyledText accepts
	17.42.14.	Replace Text Range
	17.42.15.	Understanding the Repercussions
	17.42.16.	A simple editor