Referencing controls that are not defined in source yet

[ChrisFreyer]

Probably a trivial answer, but... What is the right way to reference controls (in an event handler) that have not been defined yet in source? See snippet of open() method below for example of scenario:

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{
final Button b1 = new Button(composite, SWT.NONE);
  b1.addSelectionListener(new SelectionAdapter() {
    public void widgetSelected(SelectionEvent e) {
      //need to access controls here
      //(such as Text field 'text1')
    }
  });
}
{
  final Text text1 = new Text(composite, SWT.BORDER);
}


[lacou]

Just convert your variable text1 from 'local' to 'field'. It will then become an instance variable of your class.

There is a button just for that in the property editor.

[ChrisFreyer]

Thanks lacou. I knew it would be something simple. In fact, I did by hand what the designer does with that button.

So many controls, so little time...