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In this article I will explain how to create a custom widget that displays a popup notification dialog in the bottom right corner of your screen (usually above the toolbar on Windows). Here’s what it will look like when we’re done: We could custom draw everything which would allow us more control over the widget, but for the sake of this article lets stick to using basic SWT components inside a normal Shell that we will make a bit prettier than your typical SWT Shell. (Do note this has only been tested on Windows, it’s quite possible tweaks are necessary for other platforms).