org.eclipse.ui.forms support

[dfayerma]

Are there any plans to support Eclipse Forms framework in
org.eclipse.ui.forms?

We are moving towards using this framework as basis for all our future SWT development but I do not think it can be currently supported in the SWT Designer.

Thanks.
Dimitry Fayerman.
Wyeth.

[Eric Clayberg]

Are there any plans to support Eclipse Forms framework in org.eclipse.ui.forms?

Yes. Eclipse Forms support is actually our number one development focus right now. We are making great progress, but it is a huge project nearly on par with what we did to add Swing support to Designer earlier this year. I would expect Eclipse Forms support to be available fairly soon (within the next month or so).

[bs]

looking forward to it.
it is an impressive piece of work from the Eclipse team

[Eric Clayberg]

looking forward to it.
it is an impressive piece of work from the Eclipse team

Here's a taste...

[bs]

i.e If you open the PDE plugin.xml the view one gets...

[bs]

Nice!
You have shown a Managed Form with a MasterDetailBlock, which IMO is the toughest.

However, is there support for the equivalent of Form Page?
i.e If you open the PDE plugin.xml the view one gets...
I have not figured out if such a thing exists!

[Eric Clayberg]

You have shown a Managed Form with a MasterDetailBlock, which IMO is the toughest. However, is there support for the equivalent of Form Page?

Yes. Keep in mind that we are still working on Eclipse Forms support. It is a huge project, and we have made substantial progress so far (as you can see from the screenshot). We don't plan to start beta testing it until it is complete, however. We plan to support all of the Eclipse Forms widgets, layout managers and top-level components.