A very nice JFace step by step tutorial. I like to share: You should read this one first. http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-ecgui1/ more details at : http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/views/opensource/libraryview.jsp?search_by=gentle+introduction+swt+jface maybe it's worth a link on the dwt site bjoern