SWT standalone example - Hello World
The Hello World examples are a set of introductory examples that show how to get started
on creating an application with SWT. They cover the creation of a shell, the use of event listeners,
using layouts, processing events in an event loop, and drawing with a Graphics Context.
Hello World 1
This example demonstrates how to open a Shell and process the events.
Hello World 2
This example builds on HelloWorld1 and demonstrates how to display a Label inside of the Shell.
Hello World 3
This example builds on HelloWorld2 and demonstrates how to use a listener mechanism to resize the Label
when the Shell size changes.
Hello World 4
This example builds on HelloWorld2 and demonstrates how to use a Layout to resize the Label
when the Shell size changes.
Hello World 5
This example builds on HelloWorld1 and demonstrates how to draw directly
on an SWT Control using a Graphics Context.
Running the example
Follow the
SWT standalone examples setup
instructions to install and run the example from your workspace.
The "Main" class is org.eclipse.swt.examples.helloworld.HelloWorld[1-5].
This example can also be run using the
Example Launcher.
Select one of the Hello World items from the Standalone category and click Run.
