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unable to make a Link widget clickable [message #117315]

Thu, 01 January 2009 00:26

Eclipse User

Happy New Year!
I would like hyperlinked text to show up, with my app able to respond to
click events. When I create a Link widget, I have 3 problems:
(1) the text in the link does not look like a link
(2) the mouse pointer does not change to a hand on mouseover, as
traditional links do, and most importantly:
(3) the link does not seem to broadcase click events.

Here is a code snippet.
Link link = new Link(composite, SWT.NONE);
link.setToolTipText("Click to sort");
link.addSelectionListener(listener);
link.setText(displayName);
link.setData(columnName);

Clicking the link does not call my SelectionListener's widgetSelected()
nor widgetDefaultSelected() methods.

Thanks for any help!
David Donohue

Re: unable to make a Link widget clickable [message #117332 is a reply to message #117315]

Thu, 01 January 2009 03:31

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: ifurnadjiev.innoopract.com

Hi David,
Happy New Year! To solve all of your problems you simply have to put the
<a>...</a> around the text if it not exist in your "displayName"
variable. For example:
Link link = new Link(composite, SWT.NONE);
link.setToolTipText("Click to sort");
link.addSelectionListener(listener);
link.setText("<a>"+displayName+"</a>");
link.setData(columnName);

Best,
Ivan

David Donohue wrote:
> Happy New Year!
> I would like hyperlinked text to show up, with my app able to respond
> to click events. When I create a Link widget, I have 3 problems: (1)
> the text in the link does not look like a link
> (2) the mouse pointer does not change to a hand on mouseover, as
> traditional links do, and most importantly:
> (3) the link does not seem to broadcase click events.
>
> Here is a code snippet.
> Link link = new Link(composite, SWT.NONE);
> link.setToolTipText("Click to sort");
> link.addSelectionListener(listener);
> link.setText(displayName);
> link.setData(columnName);
>
> Clicking the link does not call my SelectionListener's
> widgetSelected() nor widgetDefaultSelected() methods.
>
> Thanks for any help!
> David Donohue
>

Re: unable to make a Link widget clickable [message #117358 is a reply to message #117332]

Fri, 02 January 2009 22:33

Eclipse User

Thanks, Ivan! That did the trick.
Best,
David Donohue

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