Display HTML text in SWT Label

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I would like to display the HTML text in a Java SWT Label. Below is my code for creating a label.

Label theLabel = new Label(controls,SWT.WRAP);
theLabel.setSize(100,500);
theLable.setText("<html><ol><li>Hello</li><li>welcome</li></ol></html>");

When I run the application as Eclipse Application I get the output as:

<html><ol><li>Hello</li><li>welcome</li></ol></html>

What is the mistake? Why I am not getting the html formatted output in my label? I am using Eclipse plugin with a view.

*"What is the mistake?"* 1) Adding the [tag:swing] to a question for which it is not relevant. 2) Marking HTML snippets as a runnable code snippet (which is only useful for JS or HTML that is meant for a browser). — Andrew Thompson, Sep 30 '15 at 07:09

Rüdiger Herrmann · Accepted Answer · 2015-09-30T07:22:43.573

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To show HTML with SWT you will have to use the Browser widget instead.

Browser browser = new Browser( parent, SWT.NONE );
browser.setText( "<html><ol><li>Hello</li><li>welcome</li></ol></html>" );

If you don't mind the extra dependency on org.eclipse.ui.forms you can also use FormText. But be aware that the control does only understand a subset of HTML (<p>, <b>, <li>, <img>, <br>, <span>) to render simple formatted text.

edited Sep 30 '15 at 07:22

answered Sep 30 '15 at 07:11

Rüdiger Herrmann

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FormText allows automatic conversion of URLs into hyperlinks so is pretty good for showing URLs within strings. – Steve Swinsburg May 31 '17 at 03:58

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