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E4/CSS/SWT Mapping
Many SWT property setting methods can be accessed via CSS. These tables show the equivalent mapping from SWT method to CSS property. They also show pseudo selectors which can be used to choose styling based on widget state.
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Mapping of SWT method to CSS property
Widget: Control
SWT Method | CSS Property Name | CSS Example |
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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 } | |
setCursor(Cursor) | cursor | Shell { cursor:crosshair } |
setFont(Font) | font-style font-size |
Label { font-style: italic; font-size: 12; |
setForeground(Color) | color | Button { color: #FF0000 } |
Widget: Button
SWT Method | CSS Property Name | CSS Example |
---|---|---|
setAlignment(int) | alignment | Label { alignment: up; } /* if pushbutton mode */ |
Widget: Label
SWT Method | CSS Property Name | CSS Example |
---|---|---|
setAlignment(int) | alignment | Label { alignment: center; } |
Widget: CTabFolder
SWT Method | CSS Property Name | CSS Example |
---|---|---|
setBorderVisible(boolean) | border-visible | CTabFolder { border-visible: true } |
setMaximized(boolean) | maximized | CTabFolder { maximized: true } |
setMinimized(boolean) | minimized | CTabFolder { minimized: true } |
setMaximizeVisible(boolean) | maximize-visible | CTabFolder { maximize-visible: true } |
setMinimizeVisible(boolean) | minimize-visible | CTabFolder { minimize-visible: true } |
setMRUVisible(boolean) | mru-visible | CTabFolder { mru-visible: true } |
setShowClose(boolean) | show-close | CTabFolder { show-close: true } |
setSimple(boolean) | simple | CTabFolder { simple: true } |
setSingle(boolean) | single | CTabFolder { single: true } |
setUnselectedCloseVisible(boolean) | unselected-close-visible | CTabFolder { unselected-close-visible: true } |
setUnselectedImageVisible(boolean) | unselected-image-visible | CTabFolder { unselected-image-visible: true } |
Widget: CTabItem
SWT Method | CSS Property Name | CSS Example |
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setShowClose(boolean) | show-close | CTabItem { show-close: true } |
Pseudo classes which can be used in CSS to style SWT widgets
SWT Widgets | CSS Pseudo Selector | CSS Example |
---|---|---|
Control | :focus | CTabFolder:focus { background-color: ##FF0000; } |
Control | :visible † | Shell:visible { background-color: ##FF0000; } |
Control | :enabled † | Text:enabled { background-color: ##FF0000; } |
Control | :disabled † | Text:disabled { background-color: ##FF0000; } |
Shell | :active | Shell:active { background-color: ##FF0000; } |
Button | :checked | Button:checked { background-color: ##FF0000; } |
CTabFolder | :selected | CTabFolder:selected { background-color: ##FF0000; } |
† As of yet styles are only applied when SWT UI is initially loaded, if widget state is changed afterwards, changes will not take effect