Java tutorial
import org.eclipse.swt.SWT; import org.eclipse.swt.events.VerifyEvent; import org.eclipse.swt.events.VerifyListener; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Text; public class MainClass { public static void main(String[] a) { Display display = new Display(); // Create the main window Shell shell = new Shell(display); Text fahrenheit = new Text(shell, SWT.BORDER); fahrenheit.setData("Type a temperature in Fahrenheit"); fahrenheit.setBounds(20, 20, 100, 20); fahrenheit.addVerifyListener(new VerifyListener() { public void verifyText(VerifyEvent event) { // Assume we don't allow it event.doit = false; // Get the character typed char myChar = event.character; String text = ((Text) event.widget).getText(); // Allow '-' if first character if (myChar == '-' && text.length() == 0) event.doit = true; // Allow 0-9 if (Character.isDigit(myChar)) event.doit = true; // Allow backspace if (myChar == '\b') event.doit = true; } }); shell.open(); while (!shell.isDisposed()) { if (!display.readAndDispatch()) { display.sleep(); } } display.dispose(); } }