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Category Archives: Swing
Sneak peek of SWT and Swing in Vista
Here’s a screenshot of Eclipse (using SWT) on Vista, courtesy of Carolyn MacLeod and Ed Burnette. And here’s NetBeans (using Swing) on Vista, courtesy of Chet Haase. Looks like Java UIs have a good future in Vista. I believe they’re … Continue reading
Will Apple be supporting Eclipse and SWT better in the future?
Marcello pointed out this Apple job posting for a Java Frameworks Engineer in the Eclipse-Mac Google group: “We are interested in an energetic developer who can master our Java implementation (Java, Obj-C, C & C++) and contribute to making Mac … Continue reading
Posted in Eclipse, Mac OS X, Swing, SWT
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Eclipse JFace tip: How to add column headers to a TableViewer
So you’ve created a JFace TableViewer, via: TableViewer tableViewer = new TableViewer(parent); The scenario: You have already set up the label provider, the content provider and the (model) input. The label provider, which extends ITableLabelProvider returns values for two columns. … Continue reading
Proposal to reduce repetition with Swing and SWT listeners
DRY – Don’t Repeat Yourself We know that this is good, since it reduces code maintenance, so why do we persist with writing listeners like this: (Note that this is example is written with SWT; Swing looks almost the same.) … Continue reading
Posted in Desktop Java, Programming, Swing, SWT
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A Desktop Java Renaissance
I finally got used to the new look of JavaLobby and am glad that the gliding nav toolbar stopped gliding. That’s one of those features that seems glitzy but just ends up distracting the user. Anyways, I responded to two … Continue reading
Posted in Desktop Java, JFace, RCP, Swing, SWT
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Native Browsers in Java on Windows (and Linux)
Last night I looked at embedded native browser components in Java, focusing on Mac OS X. Tonight we’ll look at what’s available on Windows. There are at least 4 contenders, perhaps more. In addition, there are 3 browser choices: Internet … Continue reading
Posted in Eclipse, RCP, Swing, SWT
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Browser components in Java
I’m currently putting together an application that will be implemented in SWT/JFace/RCP/Java, Swing/Spring Rich/Java, and Cocoa/Objective-C. I’m doing to see what they will look like on OS X, plus to learn a little more about the RCP, a lot more … Continue reading
Posted in Swing, SWT
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