All ModifyListeners are notified first then all ExtendedModifyListeners.
These notifications occur after the text has already changed.
import org.eclipse.swt.SWT;
import org.eclipse.swt.custom.StyledText;
import org.eclipse.swt.events.ModifyEvent;
import org.eclipse.swt.events.ModifyListener;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell;
public class StyledTextModifyListener {
public static void main(String[] args) {
final Display display = new Display();
final Shell shell = new Shell(display);
final StyledText styledText = new StyledText(shell, SWT.V_SCROLL | SWT.BORDER);
styledText.setText("12345");
styledText.addModifyListener(new ModifyListener() {
public void modifyText(ModifyEvent event) {
System.out.println("Character Count: " + styledText.getCharCount());
}
});
styledText.setBounds(10, 10, 100, 100);
shell.open();
while (!shell.isDisposed()) {
if (!display.readAndDispatch()) {
display.sleep();
}
}
display.dispose();
}
}
