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1. best Java GUI Editor    stackoverflow.com

I know there is nothing called the best Java IDE (eclipse, netbean,...) each one has its own speciality but when it comes the GUI Editor (visual Editor) there are some interesting items ...

2. Stand-alone NetBeans-compatible .form editor    stackoverflow.com

Is there a stand-alone GUI designer that can read and write the .form files that NetBeans (Matisse) generates? I like the GUI designer, but I don't want all the overhead of ...

3. An editor for a data object in swing, what is the easiest way?    stackoverflow.com

I have a java object with several members. I want to create a small, quick and dirty editor that allows me to set the value of the members in an ...

4. embed a java code editor with limited scope in a swing application?    stackoverflow.com

Here's what I want to do. I want to store code objects in my hibernate driven java swing application. I want to allow the user to create code objects ...

5. Java StackTrace Editor or GUI    stackoverflow.com

My java app is dumping stacktrace to a log file. However, the solution center wants an "easier" way to understand the generated stacktrace. Other than training them in java, is there a stacktrace ...

6. Component that can serve as an editor pane    stackoverflow.com

Thanks for your answers to my questions some minutes ago! Can anyone tell me which swing component can perform same function as the editor pane of Eclipe or netbean when drag into ...

7. Netbeans GUI editor generating its own incomprehensible code    stackoverflow.com

When creating a new project in netbeans, if i select JAVA Desktop application, it creates some code which I DO NOT RECOGNISE AT ALL as what i had learnt in swing. It ...

8. Just curious, in NetBeans IDE 6.1 how can i get icons for my custom GUI components in the GUI editor    stackoverflow.com

This is by no means really important, i was just wondering if the community knows how to put icons for my custom GUI components that show up in the NetBeans GUI ...

9. Visual Editor vs Manual code    stackoverflow.com

I'm not sure how it is using other frameworks but this questions is strictly regarding Java swing. Is it better to use a Visual Editor to place objects or to manually code ...





10. Learning Eclipse Visual Editor Swing with Java    stackoverflow.com

I am trying to create a java GUI project for school using Eclipse Visual Editor with Swing. But i am having a lot of issues learning this since this is the ...

11. Java Swing Visual Editor HELP please    stackoverflow.com

How would i call this function in my main?

    private JFrame getMainpageframe1() {
    if (mainpageframe1 == null) {
        ...

12. Netbeans GUI editor problems    stackoverflow.com

Im making a portion of my app using the netbeans gui editor. Great so far. However ive added a new checkbox - and when i load the panel in my app the ...

13. accessing member methods of helper class from main class (netbeans`s swing editor)    stackoverflow.com

I have just started with Gui Programming in netbeans (Using the template Java Desktop Application). However I am already stuck. In my main class I have some methods which can be ...

14. How to build cross-IDE java GUI's using "interface builders"?    stackoverflow.com

In a Java project with developers that use different IDEs, say Eclipse and IntelliJ, what's the best way of developing visual components using the tools offered by the IDEs ("

15. Implementing a simple UI editor in Java    stackoverflow.com

I'm thinking about writing a simple UI designer in Java. I'm just playing with ideas at the moment to see if it is feasible. It would be good to ...

16. Eclipse visual editor giving error when trying to run a java UI bean    stackoverflow.com

I was able to successfully create and run a UI Java class by using the eclipse visual editor. After few days when I opened eclipse and tried running the same class ...





17. Eclipse Visual Editor: Components not shown in JTabbedPane    stackoverflow.com

I want to create a JTabbedPane in a Visual Class using the Visual Editor in Eclipse. I selected JTabbedPane from the beans menu on the toolbar. I next clicked on the ...

18. Lightweight code editor widget for Java that supports JavaScript    stackoverflow.com

I'm creating a Swing application where the user should be able to edit JavaScript codes. So I need some kind of code editor embeddable in Java that supports:

  • Customizable Auto-Completion (or if ...

19. Commercial or Open Source Java Swing rule/predicate editor widget?    stackoverflow.com

Are there any commercial or open source Java Swing widgets that implement a rule/predicate editor UI? As an example of what I'm looking for, this image shows Cocoa's (excellent)

20. implementing an editor in java linked to the gui    stackoverflow.com

is there any editor in Java? To expand that, want to - let's say - open a text file, edit it, and then save it back or cancel? What ...

21. Java drawing editor applet    stackoverflow.com

I'm looking for a Java Applet which allows the user to draw rectangles, resize them, move them etc, similar to svg-edit http://code.google.com/p/svg-edit/ It will be for academic non commercial use. ...

22. Cleanup the cache on Visual Editor    stackoverflow.com

VE is a dead project, I know, but I still prefer it to any other option currently available (including handcoding and Google-sponsored WindowBuilder). Its only drawback for me is that its parser ...

23. Swing editor for Eclipse    stackoverflow.com

I am using Eclipse and searching for an Swing editor tool for Eclipse. I found jigloo plugin for eclipse. But its not free for commercial purpose. Can anyone suggest some good swing ...

24. How to embed the Netbeans Souce Code Editor in a Swing application?    stackoverflow.com

Is there a way to embed the Netbeans source code editor in a Swing application without writing the app as a whole Netbeans Platform application? Best regards, David

25. Dimension Editor doesn't work with my bean's customizer    stackoverflow.com

I'm writing customizer class for my bean. My bean has two properties:

  • Color color
  • Dimension size
The source of my class:
public class MyBeanCustomizer extends JTabbedPane implements Customizer {
    private PropertyEditor colorEditor;
 ...

26. Issues opening the GUI editor on Mac    forums.netbeans.org

G'day guys, I'm completely new to NetBeans as of today (and, well, programming in general.. learning Java this year at Uni), but I've decided to download it and give it a ...

27. how to set a converter on a columnBinding in the GUI editor?    forums.netbeans.org

Hello, Is it possible to set a converter on columnBinding through the GUI editor? In the GUI editor, I can bind a bean to a jTable. I can also set the ...

28. JTabbedPane Properties in NetBeans Property Editor    forums.netbeans.org

OK... simple problem, which I already have a solution for... just looking for a way to do it in NetBeans. I have a JTabbedPane, with many tabs on it, and I ...

29. GUI editor    forums.netbeans.org

I am having a little trouble as this is my first time using Netbeans as an IDE. I am developing a Java program using the WYSIWYG editor and I am unable ...

30. Switching between JFrames with buttons using Netbeans GUI editor    forums.netbeans.org

So I've just started working with the Netbeans GUI editor, and I have a program that needs to switch between multiple Frames, for organizational purposes in a group project I want ...

31. Switching between JInternalFrames using Netbeans GUI editor    forums.netbeans.org

I would like to create a Jframe containing a Jpanel, a menu and a Jinternalframe. I wish that according to selected menu item would open a different Jinternalframe. how should I ...

32. GUI Editor and Maven    forums.netbeans.org

I'm developing a small Swing application in Maven and using the GUI editor to develop the user interface. I use a number of custom beans which I import into the Swing/AWT ...

33. NB6.8 on Mac: Swing Editor is a winner!!    forums.netbeans.org

Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2010 3:26 am Post subject: NB6.8 on Mac: Swing Editor is a winner!! Yes it is. A clear EPIC winner of all times. The ...

34. Setting the Anchor for a control in the GUI editor    forums.netbeans.org

Frequently Ive found that the default Anchor is not what I want and the GUI editor wont let me change it. If I move the control around, it will SOMETIMES ...

35. using gui editor with controls in jar    forums.netbeans.org

I have a jar file with various gui controls in it as class files. I want to be able to drop the controls on the jpanels just like I do any ...

36. GUI editor stopped generating action code    forums.netbeans.org

Ive been working with netbeans for quite a while, building lots of dialogs and panels. Today, NetBeans has decided to stop generating code when I assign an action to a button. ...

37. Application Resources vs Gui Editor    forums.netbeans.org

Okay, is anyone else seeing this? We have a set of fonts defined in our Application properties file. I can specify those fonts in the GUI editor when I bring up ...

38. How to add L&F to list in GUI Editor for Preview?    forums.netbeans.org

My company uses the Substance L&F as the standard. It would be very helpful to be able to preview our panels and dialogs with that L&F. (It would be even better ...

39. Swing visual editor hangs with JDK 6 upd 21    forums.netbeans.org

subj. Tried on Windows and Linux with netbeans 6.9 - same problem on both OSes. JDK 6 update 20 works well. Looks like bug in update 21. Can anyone try and ...

40. Has anyone actually done testing on the GUI editor?    forums.netbeans.org

Im starting to wonder if anyone ever really uses the GUI editor. 1) You can set a mnemonic for a button but if you close NB, and re-open it. ...

41. "Copy" in GUI editor hoses panels    forums.netbeans.org

View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message John Lussmyer Posted via mailing list. Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2010 3:18 pm Post subject: "Copy" in GUI editor hoses panels I apparently made a HUGE mistake. I copied a small panel with some buttons to a new JPanel form. (Using Copy/Paste from the popup menu) Now, ...

42. Contact Editor GUI example    forums.netbeans.org

Contact Editor GUI example I have succesfully managed to get this example to run inside the IDE. I can't manage to get it to work outside the IDE in DOS using the command java -jar contacteditor.jar I am in the directory where the JAR file is so what am I doing wrong? Also the database does not seem to remember names. ...

43. GUI Editor just lost my form    forums.netbeans.org

Apparently, I did something that the GUI editor doesnt like. It just decided to rename a class somewhere, to a non-existant name, in a non-findable location. When I open the form that I just spent a couple of hours building, the Design view is blank. No errors, no warnings. Just blank. Since I know that NetBeans likes to fail silently, I ...

44. NetBeans GUI editor    forums.netbeans.org

I have used the Netbeans GUI editor to design a JFrame and i removed the comments: // // In order to be able to alter the code inside them. With notepad i have puted the comments back and im getting the following error (see atachment). [/img] Does anyone know how to sort this error out?? I ...

45. Trouble with jbutton and jframe on netbeans visual editor    forums.netbeans.org

Hello: I'm new on Netbeans, and I have experiencing some trouble... On my first project I created a JFrame and inside this put a JButton, after change que jframe layout to "null" the jbutton just disapear from the visual editor so the only way to delete it is about some tool called "inspector". The other issue is that when I try ...

46. Trying to hide a property of my own Java Bean but it still shows in the Property Editor of NetBeans Gui Builder.    forums.netbeans.org

Hi, I have built a java bean which extends JTextField with NetBeans generated BeanInfo file. Using the BeanInfo editor, I have changed the caretColor to be hidden. However it does not get hidden. It shows in the property editor. Now, I was able to hide most of the other properties using the hidden attribute on the property. But caretColor and some ...

47. Netbeans Visual Editor and Manually Built JFrame    forums.netbeans.org

Hello - Decided to use the Netbeans IDE to build our next project. Previously we had used Eclipse. I'm trying to 'port' the Java code over and instead of having to rebuild the gui manually I was hoping to be able to use the existing code. I'm having a hard time trying to figure out how to get the Visual Design ...

48. GUI-Editor produces build error    forums.netbeans.org

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.RuntimeException: Uncompilable source code - Erroneous sym type: org.jdesktop.application.Application.getInstance.getContext.getResourceMap at programeditor.gui.NewProjectPanel.initComponents(NewProjectPanel.java:51) at programeditor.gui.NewProjectPanel.(NewProjectPanel.java:20) at programeditor.gui.GUICache.createNewProject(GUICache.java:11) at programeditor.Starter.main(Starter.java:37)

49. Please vote for continued Visual Form Editor support for the Swing Application Framework    forums.netbeans.org

If you use the Swing Application Framework in NetBeans, starting with NetBeans 7.1 you will not be able to use the form editor GUI to change the forms since that support was dropped from NB 7.1. Please vote for this issue if you would like to see support continued: http://netbeans.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=204661 (A conversion tool to the NetBeans platform would be nice as ...

50. Swing Editor (Matisse) always freeze    forums.netbeans.org

Hello, I try to use new NetBeans 6.5 before I used 5.5.1. I work on layered project (Persistence, Business Objects, Business Layer, Web services server, Web services client, Rcp Swing-Jws) Each layer is separate in modules (common, planning, billing, ...) So I have many projects (25) and lot of classes (2850). Projects are linked with jar, they do not reference to ...

51. Swing GUI editor    coderanch.com

53. a really good Java editor    coderanch.com

Textpad works great on my machine at work (Win NT 4). At home I actually use Forte on my Linux box, sure it eats up resources, but you can configure it so that it doesn't load every module. If you want the full effects of an ide, you'll have to go to one of these bulky ones. Emacs is also a ...

54. Editor pane problem    coderanch.com

55. Multi (2) window editor    coderanch.com

I did my search but I know very little about Swing so I couldn't find much anyway. Do you know of any basic HTML editor with two windows: 1._ in one (for reading only) you can alternate the views to web page or HTML code. 2._ in the other you can actually edit (write) and also view the page and HTML ...

56. Building an Intellisensse editor(PLEASE HELP)    coderanch.com

Dear all, I am building an editor with intellisense.My design is as follows: When i type DOT, a Dialog box pops up at the position of the DOT containing the required items. This much I have implemented. Now there is a problem: As seen in many editors with intellisense(if possible please refer to JBuilder), when the popup window appears then the ...

57. Visual editor for Gui    coderanch.com

59. Swing editor download    coderanch.com

60. Visual Editor for Eclipse 1.0    coderanch.com

61. editor in swing    coderanch.com

62. Eclipse Visual Editor    coderanch.com

63. Help for making swing custom widget using Visual Editor    coderanch.com

Hi, I want to add my swing custom components to the eclipse Palette using Visual Editor, I was successful in running the example as mentioned in the article "Extending The Visual Editor Tutorial:Enabling support for a custom widget" but in that article they have shown how to add the custom SWT WIdget and I want to add Swing Widget. Also I ...

64. Development of GUI Editor    coderanch.com

Hi Friends, In my comapny we have an grpahic editor which displays and animates the values of the variables of a PLC. Now my goal is study different technologies based on following criterias to enhance(or replace) the current editor. 1. Very good Look and feel 2. small size 3. connectivity with jar files. Can anyone of you suggest me some technologies ...

65. Eclipse visual editor help    coderanch.com

66. Global Editor project    coderanch.com

Hi, I am doing my project for my final year. The project is a Global editor by which you can compile and execute programs written in Java, C, C++. My problem is that when I compile and run a program in Java which requires user inputs through the editor, the computer gets hung. Kindly help me with it. The code is ...

67. Visual Editor    coderanch.com

68. Visual Editor    coderanch.com

69. Using NetBeans GUI Editor with Code Not Created in NetBeans    coderanch.com

I have some fairly advanced GUIs that were created in a text editor. I want to change the layout of the GUIs using the NetBeans GUI editor, but I can't seem to figure out how to do that. All I'm able to do is edit the code using the "Source" view in NetBeans (I don't have a "Design" view option). Can ...

71. Using the Visual Editor in Eclipse    coderanch.com

I downloaded the Eclipse SDK 3.2.2 and am now (desperately...) trying to get the Visual Editor working. Right now, I am under the impression that this plug-in should be working out of the box, however, I'm not sure how to start using it. For example, on the VE 'getting started' page, it says that to edit a .java file w/ the ...

72. Editor in java    coderanch.com

73. wriring code for an EDITOR big problem??    coderanch.com

Hi, i am developing code for an editor like tool. as we work in some IDE`S like eclipse or netbeans or even any editor like edit plus or notepad++ etc. whenever we write any keyword for specified language that keyword changes it`s attributes eg change in color etc.. i`ve tried my best to do that but it`s not working.... here is ...

74. Implementing Dashboard to centralize different swing editors    coderanch.com

Hi, We have a Swing application that has different editors. We want to have a dashboard as single point of entry. This dashboard is a JFrame that has a menu bar. On selecting the menu items, respective editors open up. Currently the new editor opens up as a seperate window. As a part of requirement, we want to be similar to ...

75. Develop an editor    coderanch.com

My idea is to have an editor where I can use drap and drop of "component". 1. I drag and drop a component from the left bar to the main window 2. Automatically a window opens and asks me to specifies information related to the component 3. The generated code is written in the main window at the point defined by ...

76. open java file in editor pane    coderanch.com

77. Function graph editor    coderanch.com

I'm building music software, and I need a breakpoint-function editor. I've searched quite a bit with little success. (lots of graphing libraries, but most seem to be focused on network graphs, or only graph math functions) I'm looking for something that supports the interactive addition, deletion, and editing of points, and works with interpolation. It be fantastic if it did curves ...

78. Problem with visual editor/visual class    coderanch.com

I would like to separate my GUI from other code. I created Visual Class, and I would like to place main method in main class. How do I connect these too ? If I have this in main class: MyFrame myFrame = new MyFrame(); myFrame.setVisible(true); It will not create an instance of my visual class MyFrame. My Visual Class: import javax.swing.JFrame; ...

80. swing using visual editor in eclipse    coderanch.com

Hi, I'm learning to develop a small swing application using Visual Editor, that will have multiple frames. I'm kind of confused whether to have one single frame and change the content panels or have multiple frames for each user action. I tried all resources but could not find out how to invoke a new frame based on the action performed using ...

81. Alignment is working only sometimes in editor made in java.    coderanch.com

Hi, I am new to this forum.I had made a simple editor in java and embed it in jsp.I want to add alignment option to it but it is not working some times.SO please help me.Any help will be appreciated. Below is the method which load the file in editor from database. private String getData(String recipientroleId) { String result = ""; ...

82. Editor with JDialog    coderanch.com

Hi, I have an editor that works very well. It forces the user to input date with format "yyyy-MM-dd". Also my table displays the date formated as "yyyy-MM-dd". If the user inputs the wrong date or the wrong format, the input gets deleted and replaced by the current date (new Date()). The problem that I see with this editor is that ...

83. Eclipse Visual Editor problem    java-forums.org

Hi all, I switched over from Jbuilder 8 to Eclipse 3.2. After installing Eclipse, I installed the VE plug in following the instruction on the Ecplise VE site. It seems that everything is installed probably, but still I can't open classes in a visual editor. Does anybody know what's wrong? grtz, Scare

84. Small scale Java Editor    java-forums.org

Hi, I am in the process of designing a small scale Java Editor which will give the user basic functionality to insert and edit images as well as basic drawing tools. I've looked at various implementations and am uncertain as to the best method of doing this. Following features should ideally be supported: - multiple images with drag and drop functionality ...

85. Help with charts and NetBeans GUI editor    jfree.org

i use netbeans all the time with jfreechart and i dont have any issue. if you are using netbeans 5.0 then make sure that you change the layout to borderLayout. by default netbeans creates freedesign and if you have that layout, you probably will not see chart because if size issue. hope this helps.

86. Is there a GUI editor for ZUL?    zkoss.org

87. Best GUI Editor as of 2008?    forums.oracle.com

Hi, is there an easy-to-use GUI editor that can help me make GUI's? I've seen Visual Editor for Eclipse but I need a tutorial that will be modern, not 2005, b/c the tutorials don't fit the latest versions of Eclipse. I'm just curious if there is an easy way to learn this, as it should be easier to do than this. ...

88. problems with gui editor    forums.oracle.com

hello all! i am fll of hope that you can help me. i did a big project in netbeans and know i see a stringe error. the error in the . it wrote me org.openide.awt in the line: org.openide.awt.Mnemonics.setLocalizedText(endTimeLbl, "end time"); and now i cant see the gui. please need you help.

89. How to make jButton invisible but workable in Eclipse Visual Editor    forums.oracle.com

SOS, to all Programmers, thx for your attention i recently encounter a problem when i do my codings in eclipse visual editor, i can;t seem to make my jButton invisible, i plan to insert image then put jButton over them, make them invisible so i can just click the image and go elsewhere (E.g. a pop up box or link), but ...

90. Simple swing rich editor    forums.oracle.com

91. Netbeans GUI editor (Remove a button)    forums.oracle.com

92. JFrame editor    forums.oracle.com

93. NetBeans 6.5 gui editor    forums.oracle.com

Hello,sorry if i post my question in a incorrect forum. I got a really annoying problem,when i create new java desktop app in netbeans - changes i do to my app in gui editor do not reflect when i try to launch the app. For e.g. i add a new text box in gui editor mode,when i try to launch the ...

94. GUI Swing Editor in Eclipse?    forums.oracle.com