1 files changed, 30 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/gtk/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/Widget.java b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/gtk/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/Widget.java
index 38ec34e753..ae822517fb 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/gtk/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/Widget.java
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/gtk/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/Widget.java
@@ -1301,6 +1301,36 @@ char [] sendIMKeyEvent (int type, GdkEventKey keyEvent, char [] chars) {
 	return chars;
 }
 
+void sendSelectionEvent (int eventType) {
+	sendSelectionEvent (eventType, null, false);
+}
+
+void sendSelectionEvent (int eventType, Event event, boolean send) {
+	if (eventTable == null && !display.filters (eventType)) {
+		return;
+	}
+	if (event == null) event = new Event ();
+	int /*long*/ ptr = OS.gtk_get_current_event ();
+	if (ptr != 0) {
+		GdkEvent gdkEvent = new GdkEvent ();
+		OS.memmove (gdkEvent, ptr, GdkEvent.sizeof);
+		switch (gdkEvent.type) {
+			case OS.GDK_KEY_PRESS:
+			case OS.GDK_KEY_RELEASE: 
+			case OS.GDK_BUTTON_PRESS:
+			case OS.GDK_2BUTTON_PRESS: 
+			case OS.GDK_BUTTON_RELEASE: {
+				int [] state = new int [1];
+				OS.gdk_event_get_state (ptr, state);
+				setInputState (event, state [0]);
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+		OS.gdk_event_free (ptr);
+	}
+	sendEvent (eventType, event, send);
+}
+
 /**
  * Sets the application defined widget data associated
  * with the receiver to be the argument. The <em>widget