Unable to create menu bar

[dbeyer]

I've got a licensed version of WindowBuilderPro (non-commercial license, version 4.0.1) and am building a SWT ApplicationWindow. I'm using Eclipse version 3.1.0 GA.

I can't get the Designer to let me drop a menu bar component onto the form. Past postings suggest the need for a layout to have been defined. My form has a FormLayout on it.

Ideas? Thanks.

[Eric Clayberg]

I've got a licensed version of WindowBuilderPro (non-commercial license, version 4.0.1) and am building a SWT ApplicationWindow. I'm using Eclipse version 3.1.0 GA. I can't get the Designer to let me drop a menu bar component onto the form. Past postings suggest the need for a layout to have been defined. My form has a FormLayout on it..

I didn't have any problem when I tried it. I was able to drop a MenuBar followed by a SubMenu and a MenuItem. It does not matter what layout manager is in effect.

Do any exceptions appear in your Eclipse ".log" file? Can yuou send us a test case?

[dbeyer]

Sorry. I used the wrong words. I'm actually attempting to put a menu bar on a **JFace** ApplicationWindow; not a SWT ApplicationWindow. I can't locate the information, but I think I read in some post that you can't drag menu bars to JFace ApplicationWindows. Is this correct? If so, maybe you could provide the reasoning behind that. Also, if you can't drag menu bars to JFace ApplicationWindows, why doesn't WindowBuilderPro tell you so?

As you stated, everything works fine for a SWT ApplicationWindow.

[Eric Clayberg]

Sorry. I used the wrong words. I'm actually attempting to put a menu bar on a **JFace** ApplicationWindow; not a SWT ApplicationWindow. I can't locate the information, but I think I read in some post that you can't drag menu bars to JFace ApplicationWindows. Is this correct?

Yes. JFace ApplicationWindows already have a menubar defined for them that you configure via the Actions tab (so adding a second one would be redundant).

See the JFace ApplicationWindow docs in Designer.