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For questions about using WindowBuilder which is a Java GUI WYSIWYG visual designer plugin for Eclipse. WindowBuilder is composed of SWT Designer and Swing Designer.

WindowBuilder is a powerful and easy to use Java GUI designer that makes it very easy to create Java GUI applications without spending a lot of time writing code to display simple forms. With WindowBuilder you can create complicated windows in minutes. Use the visual designer and Java code will be generated for you. You can easily add controls using drag-and-drop, add event handlers to your controls, change various properties of controls using a property editor, internationalize your app and much more.

WindowBuilder is built as a plug-in to Eclipse and can also be used with the various Eclipse-based IDEs (RAD, RSA, MyEclipse, JBuilder, etc.). The plug-in builds an abstract syntax tree (AST) to navigate the source code and uses GEF to display and manage the visual presentation.


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Creating a SWING app with Eclipse Window Builder

I am using Eclipse Indigo on Mac. I just set up the Window Builder tool however for some reason I can not create a new project with it. I select the Swing Designer -> Application Window option another window pops up and asks me for the source…
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Java window builder: runtime error

I create very simple Gui using WindowBuilder plugin for Eclipse. I'm using Swing (maybe a problem?) I've got plenty of runtime errors: Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/jgoodies/common/base/Preconditions …
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Design view of Eclipse windowbuilder pugin on Windows 8.1 x64 prompts "Unknown GUI toolkit"

I was using Eclipse Kepler Release 1 x64, wiht Java 7 x64 on Windows 4 pro x64 and I had no problems with Eclipse WindowBuilder plugin. But since I upgraded to Windows 8.1 pro x64, WindowBuilder has stopped working. First the follwoing button is…
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How can I use WindowBuilder core in Eclipse Kepler to make a simple window?

I have just downloaded the "Eclipse IDE for Java Developers" (version: Kepler Service Release 1 for Windows 64bit) and extract it to a folder. The Package Description says that the IDE includes WindowBuilder Core. So I created a New -> Java Project…
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WindowBuilder Design Tab incomplete in Eclipse

I was creating a JFrame for a project and while trying to edit it, the design tab was blank. I've created a test project with everything on default and this "error" still there. Here's the code of the test: package test; import…
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Can't find Window builder pro in eclipse indigo

I read that Eclipse Indigo has Window Builder Pro plugin installed but I don't see where is it. File/New/Project doesn't give me option to choose Window Builder Pro. How to find it?
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Path to the GWT Installation Directory

I have installed WindowBuilder and I'm trying to create a GWT Java Project in Eclipse Helios. In the "GWT Settings" window, I am instructed to click the "Configure GWT Location" link and point to the path of the GWT installation directory, but I…
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Searching for WindowBuilder documentation/API

I'm in a project with WindowBuilder Pro, and while trying to get a good grip of it I've been searching forever for good documentation without any luck. The best that I've found is Googles WindowBuilder Pro Infopage but that isn't extensive enough…
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WindowBuilder was not able to show the GUI. unable to load *.wbp-component.xml description for component javax.swing.JFrame

I'm using Eclipse 2021-9 version and already have windowbuilder installed. this error happens when I click the designer tab. Can anybody help me?
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How to get the windowbuilder zip file offline Installation?

I want to know what are the eclipse version will support the windowbuilder and its available online for online installation?
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Eclipse Mars crashing when using Windowbuilder

After quite some time I have started working on an project from earlier this year again. This application was build around a GUI that was build with the Eclipse ADT Windowbuilder. Now when I want to view my GUI class with the window builder again…
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How to set Text like Placeholder in JTextfield in swing

I want to put some texts in text-Field when the form is load which instruct to user and when user click on that text-filed the texts remove automatically. txtEmailId = new JTextField(); txtEmailId.setText("Email ID"); i have wrote above code but…
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WindowBuilder Pro – Incorrect display of content pane and element frames in the design view

I need some help with following problem: Problem: In the design view frames that appear around selected Swing-elements are not displayed at their correct positions. Also the content pane is not located at its right position inside the window…
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Eclipse - Swing WindowBuilder gives error on JList code parsing

I am using this code to create a JList : JList list = new JList(new String[] {"Hello", "World"}); The program compiles and runs as well, on Eclipse Juno, but when I try to open it using WindowBuilder, it gives the following error : new…
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WindowBuilder Pro encoding situation

We recently moved a big Visual Editor project to Eclipse Juno (4.2) and WindowBuilder Pro and the transition went smoothly besides one little and weird encoding problem. Heres how it looks on the design page of WB when I use some kind of…
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