How create a custom breadcrumb control in java using SWT?

Question

I have to develop a simple breadcrumb control using SWT which shows hierarchy of the system folders opened so far in a bar at the top and all the folders present at the current location in a window below. Folders should be hyper linked so one can click to move into them further. From where should I start?

Answer 1

As for the visual part, you can use the Breadcrumb widget from the Opal project.

It looks like this:

To handle selection, just add a SelectionListener to each of the BreadcrumbItems.

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