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E4/CSS/SWT Mapping

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Revision as of 11:25, 6 March 2009 by Aghilesa.ca.ibm.com (Talk | contribs)

How to style SWT widgets using CSS

Widget: Control

SWT Method CSS Property Name CSS Example
setBackground(Color) background-color Button { background-color: #FF0000 }
setBackgroundImage(Image) background-image Button { background-image: some url }
border-color Button { border-color: ##FF0000; }
border-width Button { border-width: 3 }
border-style Button { border-style: dotted }
setCurosr(Cursor) cursor Shell { cursor:crosshair }
setFont(Font) font-style

font-size
font-weight

font-family
Label { font-style: italic;

          font-size: 12;
          font-weight: bold;

          font-family: "Terminal"; }
setForeground(Color) color Button { color: #FF0000 }



Widget: CTabFolder

SWT Method CSS Property Name CSS Example
CTabFolder setBorderVisible(Boolean) border-visible CTabFolder { border-visible: true }
CTabFolder setMaximized(Boolean) maximized CTabFolder { maximized: true }
CTabFolder setMinimized(Boolean) minimized CTabFolder { minimized: true }
CTabFolder setMaximizeVisible(Boolean) maximize-visible CTabFolder { maximize-visible: true }
CTabFolder setMinimizeVisible(Boolean) minimize-visible CTabFolder { minimize-visible: true }
CTabFolder setMRUVisible(Boolean) mru-visible CTabFolder { mru-visible: true }
CTabFolder setShowClose(Boolean) show-close CTabFolder { show-close: true }
CTabFolder setSimple(Boolean) simple CTabFolder { simple: true }
CTabFolder setSingle(Boolean) single CTabFolder { single: true }
CTabFolder setUnselectedCloseVisible(Boolean) unselected-close-visible CTabFolder { unselected-close-visible: true }
CTabFolder setUnselectedImageVisible(Boolean) unselected-image-visible CTabFolder { unselected-image-visible: true }





Pseudo classes which can be used in CSS to style SWT widgets

SWT Widgets CSS Pseudo Selector CSS Example
CTabFolder :selected CTabFolder:selected { background-color: ##FF0000; }
Shell :active Shell:active { background-color: ##FF0000; }
Control :focus CTabFolder:focus { background-color: ##FF0000; }

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