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Displaying message text with StyledText widget [message #1062743]

Mon, 10 June 2013 11:05

Sean Payne
Messages: 2
Registered: June 2013

Junior Member

We are writing an RCP application and have been using standard Text SWT widgets to allow user input. When the Text widget is blank, we have used setMessage() to provide user feedback. We wanted to start using StyledText for some input fields for a richer experience, but have noticed that setMessage() isn't supported on StyleText widgets. Is there a workaround to do this sort of thing or will it need to be DIY?

Thank you!

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Re: Displaying message text with StyledText widget [message #1062997 is a reply to message #1062743]

Tue, 11 June 2013 12:42

Grant Gayed
Messages: 2141
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

You'll need to do this yourself. The existing request for this is
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=268929 .

Grant

On 6/10/2013 3:01 PM, Sean Payne wrote:
> We are writing an RCP application and have been using standard Text SWT
> widgets to allow user input. When the Text widget is blank, we have used
> setMessage() to provide user feedback. We wanted to start using
> StyledText for some input fields for a richer experience, but have
> noticed that setMessage() isn't supported on StyleText widgets. Is there
> a workaround to do this sort of thing or will it need to be DIY?
>
> Thank you!

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