I'm using Eclipse 4.2 (Juno) for Java EE and just installed WindowBuilder plug-n. At this time I'm building Java SE Application with Swing components.
The Palette is completely empty (no widgets). Is it a sign of incomplete installation or have I (hopefully) missed something obvious?
I was able to select New -> Other -> WindowBuilder -> Swing Designer -> JPanel.
Not even sure what other information I need to provide.
Thank you in advance for your help.
EDIT:
I installed via Help -> Install new software Followed these instructions.
What throws me off is that in Eclipse Community Forum I found a post which answering a similar question states: "What you are seeing is the expected behaviour. Until you actually edit a UI class using WindowBuilder, those views will be empty.". I do not know how to interpret it.
UPDATE: Problem solved
When I created a new JFrame via Create new visual classes icon I finally got Design view as well as Palette full of components and normal Structure view.
The Palette view in Eclipse is tied to the currently active Editor. So if you don't have an Editor or you have selected and focused on the Palette view, it will be empty. So leave the palette view open, then create a JFrame java class. Then right-click the Java Class and make sure you are opening it in the WindowBuilder editor. Once the WindowBuilder visual editor is open, and you also have the Palette open, you should see the wigets populated there.
Check if pallet is open in view pannel (parallel to console, progress and all), if it is open close that, then pannel will appear automatically in windowsBuilder tool.
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I am currently completely stuck with the following problem: I want an GUI with a cotrol panel at the right to type in some program parameters that should be used to draw multiple lines onto a graphic panel at the left side of my GUI. My approach was to use the Form Designer to arrange the Layout with all the Buttons, Lables and TextFields. Than I created a Class "GraphicPanel" that extends JPanel and I overrided the PaintComponent method of this class in order to draw the lines.
Now I want to add this custom created component via the form Designer to my UI. But when I try this via the Non-Palette-Component option: nothing happens and the component is not even shown in the hierarchy-tree. I have already serached the web for solutions and found that my class needs to be compiled and the ReloadCustomComponents-Button must be clicked after inserting custom stuff. My class is compiled but the ReloadCustomComponents-Button is not shown up in the UI-Designer Toolbar. I tried to configure the toolbar manually - and in the configuration setup Intellij is also listing the Button as a displayed icon - but it is not there when I apply the configuration. Did anyone had the same problem or does anyone have any suggestions what I can try or what else I can check out? I am actually wondering if this is a software bug or whether I missed something different. I am quite a beginner and especially working with UI's and Swing is new for me so I have no real idea how to go on with this. Thanks for any help!
(I am using Intellij Idea 2020.3.1 on Windows and JDK 15.0.1 and my output format for the UI-form code is set to binary class files)
UI component classes used in the UI Designer palette must be compiled for the same or lower Java target version as is used to run IntelliJ IDEA. IDE JDK version is available in Help | About dialog and is 11 for 2020.x IDE versions.
Change the target JDK version to 11 so that IDE can load the component classes. See this answer for the relevant places where JDK language levels are configured.
I've followed the tutorial link below, so to create an android project within Netbeans but I can't find the design view even when I click on the XML files. Am I missing something?
https://blogs.oracle.com/geertjan/entry/dummy_guide_to_netbeans_android
Any tutorials explaining this would be great :-)
The reason I would rather use Netbeans over Eclipse, is that netbeans allows the use of a pallet to drag "buttons" or "listbox-es" over to the design view. And on click open up the buttons functions i.e. "on click" or "on item state change"
Netbeans does not have an android layout preview function like in Eclipse. You will have to install a plug-in located here:
http://www.nbandroid.org
Any version published after October 2012 will enable you to have the feature you are looking for.
In my RCP application, I am able to open an editor in Eclipse 4.2 (Juno), but I would like it to open in a separate window by default (that is, to be detached). I don't want to be forced to manually drag and drop it outside the main workbench window.
I wander around classes like IEditorPart, WorkbenchWindow, WorkbenchPage, IViewSite etc. but no luck so far.
Actually, it would be great to be able to embed editor into some dialog window from org.eclipse.jface.dialogs. But I don't think it's possible, as windows (as much as views) and Editors don't go well together.
try looking here
there is an example concerning views but I thik that it can be adapter to your needs
does anyone know a free windows explorer type of project written in java?
Basically i just want to implement a simple windows explorer but dont want to start from scratch with all the drag and drops, icon arrangements and so on.
Thanks
See File Browser GUI.
You can explore common navigator framework for eclipse, it would use swt, jface, draw2d. It provides with drag and drop options.
Please forgive if this question has been asked numerous times. I recently installed Eclipse Classic v3.6.0 which I need to create a little utility using Java. In Visual Studio I can create a new form then from the Toolbar I can drag and drop components (Button, TextBox, ListBox, etc) onto the Form. Is this possible using Eclipse?
I have tried various (see below for a few examples) combination using both Stack Overflow and Google, but nothing that I have seen that discusses this topic. I have read that there are plug-ins for Eclipse and was thinking there might be a plug-in for this type of behavior? I am not sure if this feature is supported out of the box. Any help is greatly appreciated.
"eclipse form drag drop"
"using eclipse drag and drop form creation"
I have also found the following links that show examples for creating Form using SWT, but these are more of snippets. These are great if I want to generate the file myself, but I would like the IDE to most of that work (since I am lazy).
SWT Snippets
http://www.eclipse.org/swt/snippets/
SWT GridLayout
http://www.java2s.com/Code/Java/SWT-JFace-Eclipse/SWTGridLayout.htm
SWT JFace Eclipse
http://www.java2s.com/Code/Java/SWT-JFace-Eclipse/CatalogSWT-JFace-Eclipse.htm
Thanks,
Mark
Instantiations SWT Designer is probably your best bet.