Swing Designer v5.1.0! - Enhanced NLS & GridBagLayout

[Eric Clayberg]

Major new Swing Designer v5.1.0 release includes enhanced Internationalization (NLS) support, enhanced Swing GridBagLayout support, an enhanced Palette Manager, plus many other new features.

See the New & Noteworthy page.

New full installer for Windows and Linux
Enhanced NLS support

- Support for multiple sources
- Support for configuring Eclipse Message classes
- Support for configuring resource bundle usage
- Support for the new, modern Eclipse internationalization format
- Update Design view when text in a property file changes

:arrow: Enhanced Swing GridBagLayout Support

- Show column and row headers
- Rearrange rows and columns via drag/drop
- Double-click header to set/clear horizontal/vertical fill
- Right-click on the header area to access the popup header menu
- Preserve GridBagLayout constraints during move

:arrow: Enhanced Palette Manager

- Added Widget Palette Plug-in Wizard
- Convert widget JARs into Eclipse widget plug-ins

:arrow: Enhanced Swing support

- Baseline snapping support for SpringLayout
- New preference to use old-style component creation
- Generate new GridLayout(rows, columns) by default

:arrow: Editor & Property Pane enhancements

- Added editor content type detection
- Show problems decorator for Designer editor icon
- Use separate preferences to control auto size on text/image change