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Displaying Special Characters in JFace Error Dialog [message #551994]

Tue, 10 August 2010 09:07

Eclipse User

Hi,

I am not able to display the "&" in the error dialog.

MessageDialog.openError(this.getShell(), "TITLE", "&");

When I try to execute,

MessageDialog.openError(this.getShell(), "TITLE", "&&&&");

It is displaying two characters in the dialog.

Is there any valid reason?

Regards, Aravind

Re: Displaying Special Characters in JFace Error Dialog [message #552139 is a reply to message #551994]

Wed, 11 August 2010 00:36

Eclipse User

On 10/08/10 6:37 PM, Aravindhan.A wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am not able to display the "&" in the error dialog.
>
> MessageDialog.openError(this.getShell(), "TITLE", "&");
>
> When I try to execute,
>
> MessageDialog.openError(this.getShell(), "TITLE", "&&&&");
>
> It is displaying two characters in the dialog.
>
> Is there any valid reason?

The message is displayed using a Label, which accepts mnemonic chars.
See Javadoc of Label.setText() for more details.

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Re: Displaying Special Characters in JFace Error Dialog [message #552142 is a reply to message #551994]

Wed, 11 August 2010 00:36

Eclipse User

Re: Displaying Special Characters in JFace Error Dialog [message #552146 is a reply to message #552142]

Wed, 11 August 2010 01:28

Eclipse User

Hi Prakash,

I forgot tht, the & character is used for mnemonics (shortcuts) when we use it in labels, and internally MessageDialog class uses.. Label.setText() to display it.

Instead they should have used a Text or TextArea to display it ... Smile

Thanks Prakash

Regards, Aravind

Re: Displaying Special Characters in JFace Error Dialog [message #931616 is a reply to message #552146]

Wed, 03 October 2012 07:04

Eclipse User

Hi Prakash, Arvind,

Special character "&" can be displayed in label using unicode value of "&" as

Label.setText("\u0026\u0026");

Don't use Label.setText("\u0026") as it will accept it as mnemonic character.

Thanks & Regards,
Jitendra Pandey

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