diff --git a/ui/org.eclipse.pde.spy.css/src/org/eclipse/pde/spy/css/CssSpyPart.java b/ui/org.eclipse.pde.spy.css/src/org/eclipse/pde/spy/css/CssSpyPart.java
index fbba5d6a7e2..17901bf8fdf 100644
--- a/ui/org.eclipse.pde.spy.css/src/org/eclipse/pde/spy/css/CssSpyPart.java
+++ b/ui/org.eclipse.pde.spy.css/src/org/eclipse/pde/spy/css/CssSpyPart.java
@@ -296,7 +296,18 @@ protected void populate(Widget selected) {
 
 		if (element.getAttribute("style") != null) { //$NON-NLS-1$
 			sb.append(MessageFormat.format("\n\n{0}\n  ", Messages.CssSpyPart_SWT_Style_Bits)); //$NON-NLS-1$
-			Util.join(sb, element.getAttribute("style").split(" +"), "\n  "); //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$ //$NON-NLS-3$
+			
+			try {
+			    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+			    List<String> styles = (List<String>) selected.getClass().getMethod("getStyles").invoke(selected);
+			    if (styles != null && !styles.isEmpty()) {
+				    for (String s : styles) {
+				        sb.append("SWT.").append(s).append('\n').append("  ");
+				    }
+			    }
+			} catch (ReflectiveOperationException e) {
+				Util.join(sb, element.getAttribute("style").split(" +"), "\n  "); //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$ //$NON-NLS-3$
+			}
 		}
 
 		sb.append(MessageFormat.format("\n\n{0}\n  ", Messages.CssSpyPart_CSS_Class_Element)).append(element.getClass().getName()); //$NON-NLS-1$