org.eclipse.swt.events

Class SelectionEvent

java.lang.Object

SWTEventObject

org.eclipse.swt.events.TypedEvent

org.eclipse.swt.events.SelectionEvent

Direct Known Subclasses:

ExpandEvent, TreeEvent

public class SelectionEvent
extends TypedEvent

Instances of this class are sent as a result of widgets being selected.

Note: The fields that are filled in depend on the widget.

IMPORTANT: All public static members of this class are not part of the RWT public API. They are marked public only so that they can be shared within the packages provided by RWT. They should never be accessed from application code.

See Also:

SelectionListener

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
int	detail Extra detail information about the selection, depending on the widget.
boolean	doit A flag indicating whether the operation should be allowed.
int	height The height of selected area.
Widget	item The item that was selected.
int	stateMask The state of the keyboard modifier keys at the time the event was generated.
java.lang.String	text The text of the hyperlink that was selected.
int	width The width of selected area.
int	x The x location of the selected area.
int	y The y location of selected area.

Fields inherited from class org.eclipse.swt.events.TypedEvent

data, display, time, widget

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
SelectionEvent(Event e) Constructs a new instance of this class based on the information in the given untyped event.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

x

public int x

The x location of the selected area.

y

public int y

The y location of selected area.

width

public int width

The width of selected area.

height

public int height

The height of selected area.

stateMask

public int stateMask

The state of the keyboard modifier keys at the time the event was generated.

Since:

1.3

text

public java.lang.String text

The text of the hyperlink that was selected. This will be either the text of the hyperlink or the value of its HREF, if one was specified. If the hyperlink was embedded in a widget using RWT.MARKUP_ENABLED, the client (especially Internet Explorer) may re-write the value to be an absolute URL.

See Also:

Link.setText(String), RWT.HYPERLINK

doit

public boolean doit

A flag indicating whether the operation should be allowed. Setting this field to false will cancel the operation, depending on the widget.

item

public Widget item

The item that was selected.

detail

public int detail

Extra detail information about the selection, depending on the widget.

Table and Tree

• SWT.CHECK
• RWT.HYPERLINK

CoolItem and ToolItem

• SWT.ARROW

Constructor Detail

SelectionEvent

public SelectionEvent(Event e)

Constructs a new instance of this class based on the information in the given untyped event.

Parameters:

e - the untyped event containing the information

Method Detail

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class TypedEvent