protected void showMessage(final IProgressMonitor progressMonitor, final String message) { // clear the container clearContainer(progressMonitor); // add a temporary widget final LabelModel loadingMessage = new LabelModel(); loadingMessage.setColor(AbstractWidgetModel.PROP_COLOR_FOREGROUND, "#0000C8"); loadingMessage.setTextValue(message); loadingMessage.setLocation(0, 0); int w = _container.getWidth(); loadingMessage.setWidth(w); int h = _container.getHeight(); loadingMessage.setHeight(h); _container.addWidget(loadingMessage); }