SWT Application Window Wizard

The SWT Application Window wizard creates a main class that instantiates and shows a top-level Shell. The wizard can be selected from the drop down wizard menu or from the Eclipse New wizard.

To use the wizard, select the project source folder and package to contain the class. Then enter the class name and hit the Finish button.

The wizard generates the following code including a main() method.

import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell;

public class SwtApplicationWindow {
    protected Shell shell;

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        try {
            SwtApplicationWindow window = new SwtApplicationWindow();
            window.open();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    public void open() {
        final Display display = Display.getDefault();
        createContents();
        shell.open();
        shell.layout();
        while (!shell.isDisposed()) {
            if (!display.readAndDispatch()) {
                display.sleep();
            }
        }
    }

    protected void createContents() {
        shell = new Shell();
        shell.setSize(450, 300);
        shell.setText("SWT Application");
    }
}

When editing SWT Application Windows, all of the standard SWT layouts, containers, widgets and menus are available. Custom or third party controls may be added via the Choose Component command.