public static void main(String[] args) { final Display display = new Display(); final Shell shell = new Shell(display); shell.setLayout(new FillLayout()); final StyledText styledText = new StyledText(shell, SWT.WRAP | SWT.BORDER); styledText.setText(text); FontData data = display.getSystemFont().getFontData()[0]; Font font = new Font(display, data.getName(), 16, SWT.BOLD); styledText.setFont(font); styledText.setForeground(display.getSystemColor(SWT.COLOR_BLUE)); styledText.addListener( SWT.Resize, new Listener() { public void handleEvent(Event event) { Rectangle rect = styledText.getClientArea(); Image newImage = new Image(display, 1, Math.max(1, rect.height)); GC gc = new GC(newImage); gc.setForeground(display.getSystemColor(SWT.COLOR_WHITE)); gc.setBackground(display.getSystemColor(SWT.COLOR_YELLOW)); gc.fillGradientRectangle(rect.x, rect.y, 1, rect.height, true); gc.dispose(); styledText.setBackgroundImage(newImage); if (oldImage != null) oldImage.dispose(); oldImage = newImage; } }); shell.setSize(700, 400); shell.open(); while (!shell.isDisposed()) { if (!display.readAndDispatch()) display.sleep(); } if (oldImage != null) oldImage.dispose(); font.dispose(); display.dispose(); }