Intercept mouse events (drag a button with the mouse)
/* * Composite example snippet: intercept mouse events (drag a button with the mouse) * * For a list of all SWT example snippets see * http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/%7Echeckout%7E/platform-swt-home/dev.html#snippets */ import org.eclipse.swt.SWT; import org.eclipse.swt.graphics.Point; import org.eclipse.swt.graphics.Rectangle; import org.eclipse.swt.layout.FillLayout; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Button; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Composite; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Event; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Listener; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell; public class Snippet46 { public static void main (String [] args) { Display display = new Display (); final Shell shell = new Shell (display); final Composite composite = new Composite (shell, SWT.NONE); composite.setEnabled (false); composite.setLayout (new FillLayout ()); Button button = new Button (composite, SWT.PUSH); button.setText ("Button"); composite.pack (); composite.setLocation (10, 10); final Point [] offset = new Point [1]; Listener listener = new Listener () { public void handleEvent (Event event) { switch (event.type) { case SWT.MouseDown: Rectangle rect = composite.getBounds (); if (rect.contains (event.x, event.y)) { Point pt1 = composite.toDisplay (0, 0); Point pt2 = shell.toDisplay (event.x, event.y); offset [0] = new Point (pt2.x - pt1.x, pt2.y - pt1.y); } break; case SWT.MouseMove: if (offset [0] != null) { Point pt = offset [0]; composite.setLocation (event.x - pt.x, event.y - pt.y); } break; case SWT.MouseUp: offset [0] = null; break; } } }; shell.addListener (SWT.MouseDown, listener); shell.addListener (SWT.MouseUp, listener); shell.addListener (SWT.MouseMove, listener); shell.setSize (300, 300); shell.open (); while (!shell.isDisposed ()) { if (!display.readAndDispatch ()) display.sleep (); } display.dispose (); } }