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I have written an SWT UI which has a primary function of displaying text in a StyledText control. I want to add a handler for Ctrl + F so that when that shortcut is pressed the focus is set to a search box. I have tried using the following code to detect the keypress. sWindow = new Shell(); ... sWindow.getDisplay().addFilter(SWT.KeyDown, new Listener() { @Override public void handleEvent(Event e) { System.out.println("Filter-ctrl: " + SWT.CTRL); System.out.println("Filter-mask: " + e.stateMask); System.out.println("Filter-char: " + e.character); } }); I was expecting that when I pressed Ctrl + f I would see the following output: Filter-ctrl: 262144 Filter-mask: 262144 Filter-char: f However, in practice I actually see the following. Filter-ctrl: 262144 Filter-mask: 262144 Filter-char: <unprintable char - displayed as a box in eclipse console> I have two questions: Is Display.addFilter(...) the best way to add a global shortcut? I tried Display.addListener(...) but this didn't receive any events at all. Why don't I get the pressed character when I'm holding down Ctrl ? When I hold down alt or shift I get the expected mask and the pressed character.

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