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Change mouse cursor for all Text Widgets in a RAP Application [message #1864499]

Wed, 20 March 2024 03:52

Eclipse User

Hi,

Is it possible to change the mouse cursor for text fields in Eclipse RAP via a stylesheet?

e.g., to change the background color works:

Text {
background-color: #6f8b95;
}

But this doesn't work:

Text {
cursor: pointer;
}

Thank you for your support.

Re: Change mouse cursor for all Text Widgets in a RAP Application [message #1864539 is a reply to message #1864499]

Fri, 22 March 2024 03:14

Eclipse User

For an explanation of how styling in RAP works see https://eclipse.dev/rap/developers-guide/devguide.php?topic=theming.html
Not every CSS style is supported.
Using RWT.CUSTOM_VARIANT should work in your case.

Bye Peter

Re: Change mouse cursor for all Text Widgets in a RAP Application [message #1864543 is a reply to message #1864539]

Fri, 22 March 2024 06:19

Eclipse User

Hi Peter,

Thank you for your reply. I tried using CUSTOM_VARIANT, but unfortunately, it didn't work either. Similarly, the background color changed, but the cursor remained unchanged.

Regarding your statement, "Not every CSS style is supported," it appears to be true in this case. I just checked the documentation (which I should have done first),:
https://download.eclipse.org/rt/rap/doc/3.28/guide/reference/theming/Text.html
and it seems that for the text widget, the cursor attribute is not an available CSS property. ( but it is available for other widgets like ExpandBar).

Thanks again,
Steffen

Re: Change mouse cursor for all Text Widgets in a RAP Application [message #1864575 is a reply to message #1864543]

Tue, 26 March 2024 12:54

Eclipse User

not sure my advices is right
try to use without css
widget.setCursor(new Cursor(Display.getCurrent(), SWT.CURSOR_HAND));
there are many cursor styles SWT.CURSOR_*

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