What's New - v5.0.0

• Support for Swing & SWT GroupLayout

• Support for creating and editing RCP ActionBarAdvisors

• New Palette Manager

• Enhanced NLS support

• Enhanced SWT support

• Enhanced JFace & RCP support

• Enhanced Swing support

• Code Generation & Parsing enhancements

• Editor & Property Pane Enhancements
   

• v4.3.0

• v4.2.0

• v4.1.0

• v4.0.0

• v3.0.0

Support for Swing & SWT GroupLayout

• Select GroupLayout from the Swing Layouts or SWT Layouts palette
• Position and size widgets using GroupLayout constraints
• Align widgets horizontally and vertically
• Indent widgets intelligently
• Insert widgets intelligently
• Align widgets along text baselines
• Align widgets to margins
• Anchor widgets to the left, right or both sides
• Anchor widgets to the top, bottom or both sides
• Set anchors via popup context menus
• Set widget anchoring and resizing via context menu
• Align and center widgets using toolbar
• Set alignment, size and spacing using floating layout assistant
• Preferences to control feedback colors, popup alignment menus and code generation
• Ported SWT GroupLayout from Swing GroupLayout

Support for creating and editing RCP ActionBarAdvisors

• New wizard for creating ActionBarAdvisor classes
• ActionBarAdvisor palette includes common and local actions
• Create toolbars and buttons with drag/drop
• Edit Coolbar and Menus with Actions tab
• Actions list prepopulated with actions defined in ActionFactory class
• Drag menu category to create a fully populated menu
• Update associated WorkbenchWindowAdvisor class
• Support for ToolBarManager style property

New Palette Manager

• Configure palette categories and entries with Palette Manager dialog
• Add categories, entries and separators using palette menu
• Import multiple widgets from JAR archives
• Rearrange items using drag/drop
• Revert to default palette
• New palette extension points for Swing and SWT

Enhanced NLS support

• Ask about using old or new value when renaming key to existing one
• Improved support for default locale
• Support for VA Java NLS pattern

Enhanced SWT support

• Enhanced snapping feedback for absolute / null layout
• Support for Eclipse 3.2 ExpandBar & ExpandItem
• Support for "Expose control" for menu items
• Support for the GridLayout(cols, equal) constructor
• Enhanced GridData code generation
• Support for Accessibility properties & AccessibleListener
• Support for adding Forms API Toolkits to any window
• Automatically add Forms API JAR to .classpath and plugin manifest
• Added Superclass field to Shell and Composite wizards
• Basic support for custom static factories
• Morphing Composite/Group to SashForm

Enhanced JFace & RCP support

• Support for StructuredViewer
• Enhanced parsing of JFace dialogs
• Support for viewers in static factories

Enhanced Swing support

• Enhanced snapping feedback for absolute / null layout
• Support for default GridBagLayout insets
• Support for LAF read/change in main() method
• Option for displaying grid in SpringLayout
• Support for "Expose component" for menu items
• Support for JGoodies Forms version 1.0.6
• dded Superclass field to JPanel wizard

Code Generation & Parsing enhancements

• Option to set variable name in widget: setData("name", "widget-name")
• Ignore code in "if (!Beans.isDesignTime())" during parsing

Editor & Property Pane Enhancements

• Option for maximizing editor on "Design" page activation
• Option for formatting source code on editor save
• Show "<No Properties>" message when there is no selection in editor
• Select images from source folders and referenced projects in classpath mode
• Save property table column widths in Designer preferences