Local variables vs. members

[fredatwork]

Hello,

Is there a way to have the Swing Designer generate certain components as local variables, and others as members of class (private or protected), the ones that are generated as members being chosen specifically by the user ?

Thanks in advance for your help.

[Eric Clayberg]

Is there a way to have the Swing Designer generate certain components as local variables, and others as members of class (private or protected), the ones that are generated as members being chosen specifically by the user ?

Yes. See the Designer > Code Generation > Type Specific preferences...

[fredatwork]

Eric,

Thanks for this answer.

I was more thinking about a way to control the component declaration on a component-per-component basis.

It would be nice to have such a feature. The preferences could be used as defaults.

[Eric Clayberg]

I was more thinking about a way to control the component declaration on a component-per-component basis.

You can control the declaration status (field or local variable) of any component using the Convert Local to Field or Convert Field to Local buttons.

[fredatwork]

Thanks.

That's exactly what I expected.