[news.eclipse.tools.ve] Re: Visual Swing Designer for Eclipse - the new

[public.forums@xxxxxxxxx (Marty Fried)]

Michele Puccini wrote:

> Hello,

> I found an interesting alternative to VE.
> Did anyone test it ?

> http://code.google.com/p/visualswing4eclipse/

> Cheers,

> Mik

Thanks for the link...  I tried it out, but removed it fairly soon after 
because it seems to be missing some required (for me, anyway) 
functionality.

For me, I lost the "Java Beans" view, which I use a lot during visual 
design.  I could not live without it.  Aside from the convenience of 
adding components using this view, I have one app with a card layout, and 
without this view, I see no way to get to any panels that are not on the 
top.

Also, I found that you can't lay out a panel outside the frame for later 
insertion into the frame, which is sometimes handy.

I also miss the split or tabbed window for source/design mode.

I've been using VE 1.4, and have been fairly happy with it, although I'm 
somewhat of a beginner to java.  I'm taking a class, so my needs might not 
be realistic, although I've been doing GUI programming for over 15 years 
using C/C++.

Marty Fried
Left Coast, USA