[news.eclipse.tools.ve] Re: Jlabel border

[Sri Gunturi <sgunturi@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Pierre,
	The borders for labels were enabled as labels by themselves dont have 
any borders by default and it would be very hard for a UI developer to 
determine the location/size of a label which had no text or whitespace 
text (tabs/spaces/etc.) If there were no borders it would be a trial and 
error method of finding labels without the Java Beans view, and layout 
will be puzzling with invisible components etc. From VE 1.1 the borders 
are alpha blended so that it doesnt obstruct the live components. If you 
would like to see the real components, one suggestion would be to use 
the 'Run as Java Bean' option to quickly see the runtime look.


> 1-> I've got problems installing VE because the JVM that was assigned 
> to my project was 1.3.1 . I've read the requirements (JVM version > 
> > 1.4.2) but I thought it was only for the JVM that was used by 
eclipse > program...
VE launches a remote VM which runs a version of the file you are 
editing, and that VM has whatever JRE your project is configured.


> 2--> a minor usability feature: when creating a jlabel, it could be nice
> to have the jlabel directly in editing text mode (since most of the
> times, when you create a jlabel, immediately after you set the jlabel's
> text)
That might be a good feature to have - Ive opened enhancement request 
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=105798 for this, please 
add yourself on CC to track its progress.

Regards,
Sri.



pierre abel wrote:
> Hi,
> First, congratulations to  VE authors, it's nice and easy to use.
>
> Now my question:
> Is there a way to remove the JLabel border that is displayed in the 
> editor ?
> I understand that this fake border is displayed to know how many spaces 
> the JLabel uses, but it would be very nice if you can remove it to have 
> a real WYSIWYG view of your component.. Currently I'm using VE to do 
> some high level prototyping and I need a good visual feedback without 
> the need of running the program each time.
>
> Thanks and keep the good work,
>
> Pierre
>
> Ps: some feedback from my experience
> 1-> I've got problems installing VE because the JVM that was assigned to 
> my project was 1.3.1 . I've read the requirements (JVM version >1.4.2) 
> but I thought it was only for the JVM that was used by eclipse program...
> 2--> a minor usability feature: when creating a jlabel, it could be nice 
> to have the jlabel directly in editing text mode (since most of the 
> times, when you create a jlabel, immediately after you set the jlabel's 
> text)
>
>
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