I also wonder about the valid ranges of alpha, is it always 255, or is there some circumstance under which it is 128?
Error expected:<128> but was:<255>
java.lang.AssertionError: expected:<128> but was:<255>
at org.eclipse.swt.tests.junit.Test_org_eclipse_swt_widgets_Shell.test_setAlpha(Test_org_eclipse_swt_widgets_Shell.java:584)
at org.eclipse.test.EclipseTestRunner.run(EclipseTestRunner.java:743)
at org.eclipse.test.EclipseTestRunner.run(EclipseTestRunner.java:351)
at org.eclipse.test.CoreTestApplication.runTests(CoreTestApplication.java:36)
at org.eclipse.test.CoreTestApplication.run(CoreTestApplication.java:32)
at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppContainer.callMethodWithException(EclipseAppContainer.java:587)
at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:198)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:134)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:104)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:388)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:243)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:673)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:610)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1519)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:1492)
at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:34)