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 <h2>Platform and Equinox API</h2>
   <ul>
     <li><a href="#Platform">Platform Changes</a></li>
     <li><a href="#SWT">SWT Changes</a></li>
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     <td id="Platform" class="section" colspan="2"><h2>Platform Changes</h2></td>
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   <tr id="contentassistant-enable-completion-proposal-trigger-chars"> <!-- https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=539165 -->
     <td class="title">Enable/Disable completion proposal trigger characters in ContentAssistant</td>
     <td class="content">
        New methods have been added to the <code>ContentAssistant</code> class to allow consumers to configure whether the
        completion proposal trigger characters (which can be used in addition to <b>Enter</b> key to insert
        the current completion proposal) are honored or ignored.
        <p>
         If <code>ContentAssistant.enableCompletionProposalTriggerChars(false)</code> is used,
         then completion proposal trigger characters are ignored and user needs to press the <b>Enter</b> key to
         trigger insertion.<br/>
         If <code>ContentAssistant.enableCompletionProposalTriggerChars(true)</code> is used, then completion proposal
         trigger characters can be used in addition to the <b>Enter</b> key to insert the proposal.<br/>
         If the <code>enableCompletionProposalTriggerChars(boolean)</code> method is not called, then the default behavior is equivalent
         to calling <code>enableCompletionProposalTriggerChars(true)</code> so that extra trigger characters are honored.
       </p>
       <p>
        This feature is useful if your content-assist is configured to automatically trigger often (such
        as on every character insertion). Coupling heavy usage of auto-activation of content-assist and extra
        insertion trigger characters often results in undesired insertions, making it preferable to keep only
        Enter as the insertion character (<code>ContentAssistant.enableCompletionProposalTriggerChars(false)</code>).
       </p>
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   <tr id="experimental-gtk4-support"> <!-- https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=541173 -->
       <td class="title">Added experimental support for GTK4</td>
       <td class="content">
           SWT has introduced basic, experimental support for <b>GTK4</b>. The GTK bindings can be built using the build script
           (<a href="http://git.eclipse.org/c/platform/eclipse.platform.swt.git/tree/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse%20SWT%20PI/gtk/library/build.sh">build.sh</a>) with the arguments <code>-gtk4 install</code>.
           Currently only <a href="http://git.eclipse.org/c/platform/eclipse.platform.swt.git/tree/examples/org.eclipse.swt.snippets/src/org/eclipse/swt/snippets/Snippet1.java">Snippet1</a> works,
           further GTK4 support will be introduced in the Eclipse 4.11 release.
       </td>
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   <tr id="read-only-combo"> <!-- https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=508634 -->
       <td class="title">Styling of read-only Combo on Windows</td>
       <td class="content">
           Setting the background and foreground color of a <code>SWT.READ_ONLY Combo</code> on Windows is now supported.
           <p><img src="images/readonly_combo_windows.png" alt="Read only ComboBox on Windows"/></p>
       </td>
   </tr>

   <tr id="styledtext-line-vertical-indent"> <!-- https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=539618 -->
     <td class="title">API added to customize line vertical indent in StyledText</td>
     <td class="content">
       A new API <code>StyledText.setLineVerticalIndent(int lineIndex, int verticalLineIndent)</code> has been added to customize the vertical indent of the line with the specified line index.
       The corresponding getter <code>StyledText.getLineVerticalIndent(int index)</code> has also been added.
       <p>
        For an example, see <a href="http://git.eclipse.org/c/platform/eclipse.platform.swt.git/tree/examples/org.eclipse.swt.snippets/src/org/eclipse/swt/snippets/Snippet374.java">Snippet374</a>
        which sets the vertical indent for the first line:
       </p>
       <pre>
        text.setText("word1 word2 word3 word4");
        text.setLineVerticalIndent(0, 20);
       </pre>
       <p>
         <img src="images/styledtext_line_vertical_indent.png" alt="" />
       </p>
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	<body>
	<h2>Platform and Equinox API</h2>
	<ul>
	<li><a href="#Platform">Platform Changes</a></li>
	<li><a href="#SWT">SWT Changes</a></li>
	</ul>

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	<col />
	</colgroup>
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	<td id="Platform" class="section" colspan="2"><h2>Platform Changes</h2></td>
	</tr>

	<tr id="contentassistant-enable-completion-proposal-trigger-chars"> <!-- https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=539165 -->
	<td class="title">Enable/Disable completion proposal trigger characters in ContentAssistant</td>
	<td class="content">
	New methods have been added to the <code>ContentAssistant</code> class to allow consumers to configure whether the
	completion proposal trigger characters (which can be used in addition to <b>Enter</b> key to insert
	the current completion proposal) are honored or ignored.
	<p>
	If <code>ContentAssistant.enableCompletionProposalTriggerChars(false)</code> is used,
	then completion proposal trigger characters are ignored and user needs to press the <b>Enter</b> key to
	trigger insertion.<br/>
	If <code>ContentAssistant.enableCompletionProposalTriggerChars(true)</code> is used, then completion proposal
	trigger characters can be used in addition to the <b>Enter</b> key to insert the proposal.<br/>
	If the <code>enableCompletionProposalTriggerChars(boolean)</code> method is not called, then the default behavior is equivalent
	to calling <code>enableCompletionProposalTriggerChars(true)</code> so that extra trigger characters are honored.
	</p>
	<p>
	This feature is useful if your content-assist is configured to automatically trigger often (such
	as on every character insertion). Coupling heavy usage of auto-activation of content-assist and extra
	insertion trigger characters often results in undesired insertions, making it preferable to keep only
	Enter as the insertion character (<code>ContentAssistant.enableCompletionProposalTriggerChars(false)</code>).
	</p>
	</td>
	</tr>
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	<td id="SWT" class="section" colspan="2"><h2>SWT Changes</h2></td>
	</tr>

	<tr id="experimental-gtk4-support"> <!-- https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=541173 -->
	<td class="title">Added experimental support for GTK4</td>
	<td class="content">
	SWT has introduced basic, experimental support for <b>GTK4</b>. The GTK bindings can be built using the build script
	(<a href="http://git.eclipse.org/c/platform/eclipse.platform.swt.git/tree/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse%20SWT%20PI/gtk/library/build.sh">build.sh</a>) with the arguments <code>-gtk4 install</code>.
	Currently only <a href="http://git.eclipse.org/c/platform/eclipse.platform.swt.git/tree/examples/org.eclipse.swt.snippets/src/org/eclipse/swt/snippets/Snippet1.java">Snippet1</a> works,
	further GTK4 support will be introduced in the Eclipse 4.11 release.
	</td>
	</tr>

	<tr id="read-only-combo"> <!-- https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=508634 -->
	<td class="title">Styling of read-only Combo on Windows</td>
	<td class="content">
	Setting the background and foreground color of a <code>SWT.READ_ONLY Combo</code> on Windows is now supported.
	<p><img src="images/readonly_combo_windows.png" alt="Read only ComboBox on Windows"/></p>
	</td>
	</tr>

	<tr id="styledtext-line-vertical-indent"> <!-- https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=539618 -->
	<td class="title">API added to customize line vertical indent in StyledText</td>
	<td class="content">
	A new API <code>StyledText.setLineVerticalIndent(int lineIndex, int verticalLineIndent)</code> has been added to customize the vertical indent of the line with the specified line index.
	The corresponding getter <code>StyledText.getLineVerticalIndent(int index)</code> has also been added.
	<p>
	For an example, see <a href="http://git.eclipse.org/c/platform/eclipse.platform.swt.git/tree/examples/org.eclipse.swt.snippets/src/org/eclipse/swt/snippets/Snippet374.java">Snippet374</a>
	which sets the vertical indent for the first line:
	</p>
	<pre>
	text.setText("word1 word2 word3 word4");
	text.setLineVerticalIndent(0, 20);
	</pre>
	<p>
	<img src="images/styledtext_line_vertical_indent.png" alt="" />
	</p>
	</td>
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