Creating a SWING app with Eclipse Window Builder

Question

I am using Eclipse Indigo on Mac. I just set up the Window Builder tool however for some reason I can not create a new project with it. I select the Swing Designer -> Application Window option another window pops up and asks me for the source folder, project name etc. but when I try to type a name in the source folder it says file cannot be found and when I try to browse there is nothing to select. Does anyone have an idea about whats going on ? thanks

Farrahfarrand

So I needed to first create a regular java application and then right click on that project and select the window builder options to get started with the SWING.. – Karakoram

Answer 1

You have to create a Java project then you have to create a source folder and a package, after doing that you can select the created package on the Package explorer and create a new Application Window or JFrame from WindowBuilder menu.

Actable

Where is the WindowBuilder menu? – Avon

Answer 2

This is the snapshots of my environment. On the eclipse IDE Right click on the package, Open ---File---New---Other---Then type Jframe. Click on Next and complete the wizard.

Underneath the capture you can switch between the source code and design view

snapshots of my environment

snapshots of my environment

Loma

While this link may answer the question, it is better to include the essential parts of the answer here and provide the link for reference. Link-only answers can become invalid if the linked page changes. – Whensoever

There is not Jframe option. How can I get the Jframe option? – Irrelevant