====== Override Default Action for SWT Text Field ====== Normally the default button will be triggered when the enter key is pressed in a text field and the text field will loose the focus. This can be change/overridden: Text text = new Text(shell, SWT.SINGLE | SWT.BORDER); text.setLayoutData(new GridData(GridData.FILL_HORIZONTAL)); text.setText("Here is some text"); text.addSelectionListener(new SelectionAdapter() { public void widgetDefaultSelected(SelectionEvent e) { System.out .println("Text default selected (overrides default button)"); } }); text.addTraverseListener(new TraverseListener() { public void keyTraversed(TraverseEvent e) { if (e.detail == SWT.TRAVERSE_RETURN) { e.doit = false; e.detail = SWT.TRAVERSE_NONE; } } }); {{tag>swt devel java}}