SWT Java: how to change colour of text in Label control?

Question

I know how to change size, style but how can I set colour of text in Label control? Here is my code so far:

Label myLabel = new Label(shell, SWT.NONE);
myLabel.setText("some text that needs to be for example green");
FontData[] fD = myLabel.getFont().getFontData();
fD[0].setHeight(16);
fD[0].setStyle(SWT.BOLD);
myLabel.setFont( new Font(display,fD[0]));

I see there is no colour property in FontData class.

Solution 1

Make sure you don't mix SWT and AWT colors, and if you build a Color object, make sure you dispose it. You want something like:

final Color myColor = new Color(getDisplay(), 102, 255, 102);
myLabel.setForeground(color);
myLabel.addDisposeListener(new DisposeListener() {
    public void widgetDisposed(DisposeEvent e)
    {
        myColor.dispose();
    }
});

Or you can just use the built-in system colors:

myLabel.setForeground(getDisplay().getSystemColor(SWT.COLOR_GREEN));

(Do not dispose the system colors.)

Solution 2

myLabel.setForeground(Color fg).

color : The Color class is used to encapsulate colors in the default sRGB color space or colors in arbitrary color spaces identified by a ColorSpace.

For more information : see this

For green it'd be something like : myLabel.setForeground(new org.eclipse.swt.graphics.Color(getDisplay(), 102, 255, 102));

Comments

[Edward Thomson]

Don't mix AWT Color with SWT Color. You want new org.eclipse.swt.graphics.Color(getDisplay(), 102, 255, 102)). And you need to dispose the Color when you're done with it.