JFormDesigner Change Log
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6.0.2,
6.0.1,
6.0
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5.2.5.1,
5.2.5,
5.2.4.1,
5.2.4,
5.2.3,
5.2.2.2,
5.2.2.1,
5.2.2,
5.2.1,
5.2.0.3,
5.2.0.2,
5.2.0.1,
5.2
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5.1.3.3,
5.1.3.2,
5.1.3.1,
5.1.3,
5.1.2,
5.1.1,
5.1.0.2,
5.1.0.1,
5.1
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5.0.4.1,
5.0.4,
5.0.3,
5.0.2.3,
5.0.2.2,
5.0.2.1,
5.0.2,
5.0.1,
5.0.0.1,
5.0
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4.0.9,
4.0.8,
4.0.7.2,
4.0.7.1,
4.0.7,
4.0.6,
4.0.5,
4.0.4,
4.0.3,
4.0.2.1,
4.0.2,
4.0.1,
4.0
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3.1.4,
3.1.3,
3.1.2,
3.1.1.1,
3.1.1,
3.1
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3.0.5,
3.0.4.1,
3.0.4,
3.0.3,
3.0.2,
3.0.1,
3.0
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2.0.5,
2.0.4,
2.0.3,
2.0.2,
2.0.1,
2.0
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1.0.6,
1.0.5,
1.0.4,
1.0.3,
1.0.2,
1.0.1,
1.0
6.0.2
Bugs fixed
- I18n in IDE plug-ins: Fixed escaping of characters in properties files
if encoding of properties files is not
ISO-8859-1
.
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Minor fixes for the Darcula and IntelliJ themes.
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Form classpath now includes resources output folder
of Gradle projects (requires IntelliJ IDEA 2017.1 or later).
- NetBeans plug-in: Fixed missing
selectionMode
and rowHeight
properties
for org.jdesktop.swingx.JXTable
SwingX component.
- Minor bugs fixed.
Other Changes
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Support for IntelliJ IDEA 2017.2.
6.0.1
New Features and Improvements
- Updated JRE in Windows setup to Java 8 Update 131.
Bugs fixed
- Eclipse plug-in: Fixed "Class/method not found" errors when creating
actions or event handlers (since 6.0).
- Eclipse plug-in on Linux: Avoid crash when running Eclipse under GTK+ 3
by forcing usage of GTK+ 2.
- Eclipse plug-in on Linux: Fixed crash when using GTK+ look and feel
(which is now no longer available in JFormDesigner when running in Eclipse).
- Eclipse plug-in: Fixed rare deadlock when opening a form.
- Eclipse plug-in: Fixed rare
SWTException: Widget is disposed
error
when closing a form.
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in on Mac: Fixed rare
NullPointerException: textInactiveText
.
- Stand-alone on Linux: Fixed
Syntax error: "(" unexpected
when
launching JFormDesigner.sh
.
- Stand-alone on Mac: Fixed starting JFormDesigner if Java 9 is installed.
- Mac: Fixed painting of handles on Retina displays.
- Minor fixes for the Darcula L&F.
- JTabbedPane: Tab background and foreground colors were not used
in "Test Form" and in runtime library.
- Minor bugs fixed.
6.0
New Features and Improvements
- MigLayout support.
- Support for HiDPI monitors (scaled UI and images).
- New modern icons (including 2x resolution).
- Stand-alone: New modern user interface.
- Stand-alone: New "Wide Layout" option shows Properties and
Structure views side by side.
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Darcula theme support improved.
- NetBeans plug-in: Support Darcula L&F (requires Darcula LAF plug-in).
- Design view: Improved grid selection figure (handles always at
cell bounds).
- Properties view: Improved property editors for data types
Dimension
, Insets
, Point
and Rectangle
.
- Properties view: Color editor now supports hex color values (e.g.
0x00ff00
or 0xaa00ff00
).
- Properties view: Search for multiple property names.
- Look and Feels: Highlight application L&F in toolbar combobox.
- Increment/decrement numbers in text fields using Up/Down keys
(Ctrl+Up and Ctrl+Down in multi-line text fields).
- Command-line tool: Batch convert layout managers (e.g. from
FormLayout to MigLayout).
- Code generator can now write IntelliJ IDEA non-nls tags
(
//NON-NLS
). Enable it in the Preferences dialog.
- Stand-alone on Linux: Now using GTK+ look and feel.
Bugs fixed
- GroupLayout: Fixes in layout design (from NetBeans 8.1 and 8.2).
- Eclipse plug-in: Test form window did not receive focus.
- Eclipse plug-in: Resize Eclipse Preferences dialog when it is too
small for JFormDesigner option pages.
- NetBeans plug-in: Resize NetBeans Options dialog when it is too
small for JFormDesigner option pages.
- Disabling project specific "Java Code Generator > Layout
Managers" settings did also disable project specific "GridBagLayout"
settings.
Other Changes
- System Requirements: Oracle Java 6, 7 or 8 required.
- System Requirements: Eclipse 3.2 - 3.5, Eclipse 3.x Carbon and Motif,
IntelliJ IDEA 9.0 - 11.1 and NetBeans 7.0 - 7.1 no longer supported.
- Dropped JBuilder plug-in.
- Dropped "Show Diagonals" and "Squint Test".
- Dropped Abeille forms converter.
- Dropped JGoodies UIF lite components.
5.2.5.1 (IntelliJ IDEA plug-in only)
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Support for IntelliJ IDEA 2016.3.
5.2.5
New Features and Improvements
- Updated JRE in Windows setup to Java 8 Update 112.
Bugs fixed
5.2.4.1 (IntelliJ IDEA plug-in only)
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Fixed broken NullPointerException when
updating GotoJfdOrJavaAction.
- Do not use SwingX classes bundled with IDE to avoid possible
version conflicts with SwingX library in own projects.
5.2.4
New Features and Improvements
- Eclipse plug-in: Support for Eclipse 4.6.
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Support for IntelliJ IDEA 2016.2.
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Show exception stack trace in "Convert to
JFormDesigner form failed" dialog.
- Updated JRE in Windows setup to Java 8 Update 92.
Bugs fixed
- NetBeans plug-in: Fixed NoClassDefFoundError exception when using
dependencies with scope "provided" in maven projects.
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Fixed NPE when closing a form in IntelliJ
IDEA 2016.2.
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Fixed "Read access" errors when converting
IDEA forms to JFormDesigner forms.
- Stand-alone: Fixed "IllegalArgumentException: proportional
location must be between 0.0 and 1.0." at startup.
- Minor bugs fixed.
5.2.3
New Features and Improvements
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Basic HiDPI support (scaled icons, larger
handles, fixed tree and table row heights, etc).
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Support for IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.
- Updated JRE in Windows setup to Java 8 Update 74.
Bugs fixed
- Properties view did not remember last used grouping.
- Properties view: Fixed dead table after clearing filter while
editing JFrame "Size Policy" property.
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Fixed exceptions in class NimbusStyle when
using Nimbus look and feel.
- Eclipse plug-in on Mac OS X: Fixed occasional dead lock when
updating .java file after changing property value (e.g. if form
contains a TitledBorder).
- Stand-alone: Fixed mixed line separators (LF and CR LF) in
properties files if platform default line separator is different to
existing line separators in properties file.
5.2.2.2 (IntelliJ IDEA and Eclipse plug-ins only)
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Support for IntelliJ IDEA 15.
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Fixed broken "Configure IDE/Project
Specific settings" links in Settings dialog (IntelliJ IDEA 14.1 and later).
- Eclipse plug-in on Mac OS X: Fixed occasional dead lock when
opening forms (Eclipse 4.4 and later).
5.2.2.1 (JDeveloper plug-in only)
- JDeveloper plug-in: Support for JDeveloper 12.2.1 and 12.1.3.
- JDeveloper plug-in: Fixed "Rule id
node-selected-in-navigator-or-open-in-editor referenced in extension
com.jformdesigner is not defined in it, or any of its dependencies" error.
5.2.2
Bugs fixed
- FormLayout: Columns/rows were not marked with a light-red
background in the column/row header when having zero size (since 5.2).
- GroupLayout: Fixed StackOverflowError at
SwingLayoutBuilder.convertSize().
- null layout manager did accept non-visual components and windows.
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Fixed display errors after switching
IntelliJ IDEA UI theme.
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Fixed occasional blocked UI when checking
for updates using HTTP proxy.
- Eclipse plug-in: Fixed endless "Loading..." problem when
restoring minimized views (Eclipse 4.x only).
- Eclipse plug-in: Fixed layout of Import, Export, Restore Defaults
and Apply buttons in Preferences dialog (since Eclipse 4.5).
- Eclipse plug-in on Mac OS X: Modal Swing dialogs did not receive
focus (Eclipse 4.x on Java 7+ only)
- NetBeans form converter: Remove empty type parameters.
Other Changes
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Improved support for IntelliJ IDEA 14.1.
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Improved colors for Darcula look and feel.
- Updated JRE in Windows setup to Java 8 Update 45.
5.2.1
Bugs fixed
- Eclipse plug-in on Windows: Fixed editor/view activation when
running Eclipse on Java 7 or later.
- Eclipse plug-in on Mac OS X: Fixed focus/editing issue when
running Eclipse on Java 7 or later.
- Minor bugs fixed.
Other Changes
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Support for IntelliJ IDEA 14.
- Stand-alone on Mac OS X: Use Oracle Java 7 or 8 (if installed) to
run JFormDesigner.
- Updated JRE in Windows setup to Java 8 Update 25.
5.2.0.3 (Eclipse plug-in only)
- Eclipse plug-in on Mac OS X: Fixed load error of XML formatted .jfd
forms when running JFormDesigner in Eclipse 4.4 on Java 7u55 or later.
5.2.0.2 (NetBeans plug-in only)
- NetBeans plug-in: Fixed occasional problem that the Java code of a form was
no longer saved to disk (NetBeans 8.0 only).
5.2.0.1 (NetBeans plug-in only)
- NetBeans plug-in: Fixed "NoClassDefFoundError: org/jdom/input/SAXBuilder"
when converting NetBeans form.
5.2
New Features and Improvements
- JDeveloper plug-in.
- Java 8 support: Use lambda expressions for events.
- JGoodies Forms 1.6, 1.7 and 1.8 support.
- GroupLayout: Many improvements and fixes in layout design (from NetBeans
7.2, 7.3, 7.4 and 8.0).
- Toolbar added to tree file chooser dialog (Go to Home/Project Folder, New
Folder, Show Hidden Files and Folders, Refresh commands).
- Forms converter: Remove member variable prefix from component names if a
prefix is specified in Java Code Generator preferences.
- Stand-alone: Support hidden folders in project source folders and
classpath.
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Enabled search for JFormDesigner options in Settings
dialog.
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Added "Configure IDE Settings" and "Configure Project
Specific Settings" links to some settings pages.
- NetBeans plug-in: Enabled filter for JFormDesigner options in Options dialog
(NetBeans 7.3 and later).
Other Changes
- Updated JGoodies Forms to 1.8.0.
- Updated JGoodies Looks to 2.6.0.
- Updated IntelliJ IDEA GridLayout to 12.1.6 (equal to 13.0).
- Updated JRE in Windows setup to Java 8 Update 5.
5.1.3.3 (Eclipse plug-in only)
- Eclipse plug-in on Mac OS X: Fixed load error of XML formatted .jfd
forms when running JFormDesigner in Eclipse 4.4 on Java 7u55 or later.
5.1.3.2 (NetBeans plug-in only)
- NetBeans plug-in: Fixed occasional problem that the Java code of a form was
no longer saved to disk (NetBeans 8.0 only).
5.1.3.1 (NetBeans plug-in only)
- NetBeans plug-in: Fixed "NoClassDefFoundError: org/jdom/input/SAXBuilder"
when converting NetBeans form.
5.1.3
Bugs fixed
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Fixed "IllegalArgumentException: Width and height
must be >= 0" in Binding dialog when using IntelliJ or Darcula look and
feel.
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Fixed inactive tool window splitters if a JPopupMenu
or JMenu component is in the active form (IntelliJ IDEA 12 and later).
- NetBeans plug-in: Fixed occasional FileAlreadyLockedException in Java code
generation.
- NetBeans plug-in: Fixed occasional NullPointerException when marking a form
as modified.
- NetBeans plug-in: Beans.isDesignTime() did not return true when running
NetBeans in a Java 7 or later VM.
- Eclipse plug-in: Fixed memory leak (on Windows only; Java 6 or later).
- Java code generator: Fixed invalid FormLayout column specification
$growing-button
.
- Fixed NullPointerException when using JIDE component ColorExComboBox (and
others).
Other Changes
- Updated JRE in Windows setup to Java 7 Update 55.
5.1.2
Bugs fixed
- Changing font property of JSpinner component did not always update design
view.
- Runtime library and Test form: Fixed NoSuchMethodException:
DefaultComponentFactory$TitleLabel.setTextWithMnemonic("&text") when having
JGoodies components in form (since 5.1.1).
- Java code generator: Fixed missing "bundle" variable if i18n only used in
beans binding (since 5.1.1).
- NetBeans forms converter: Fixed conversion of top-level menu bars in
non-JFrame forms.
Other Changes
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Support for IntelliJ IDEA 13.
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Support IntelliJ look and feel.
- Updated JRE in Windows setup to Java 7 Update 45.
5.1.1
Bugs fixed
- Java code generator: Fixed missing "bundle" variable in initComponentsI18n()
method when using custom 'getString' template.
- Java code generator: Listener methods are now ordered alphabetically.
- Java code generator: Invoke initComponentsI18n() before pack().
- Java code generator: No code generated for JTabbedPane.setDisabledIconAt()
under special circumstances.
- Java code generator and FormCreator: JTabbedPane.setSelectedIndex() was
invoked before adding tabs.
- Binding groups without children causes issues in the Bindings view.
- Border editor dialog: Catch exceptions that occur in painting border
preview.
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Fixed NPE in StructureViewWrapperImpl.setFile()
(since IntelliJ IDEA 12.0.2).
- NetBeans plug-in: Support resources directory in Maven projects.
- Eclipse plug-in on Mac OS X: Support running JFormDesigner in Eclipse on Mac
OS X Java 7 VM. Requires class sun.lwawt.macosx.CViewEmbeddedFrame in Java 7. At
date of release, this class was only available in JDK 7u12 Developer Preview
(1.7.0_12-ea) (from
https://jdk7.java.net/download.html),
but not in Java SE 7u21 (from
oracle.com).
See also Java Bug
7154778
and Eclipse Bug
374199.
- Eclipse plug-in: Fixed NullPointerException when using "New Editor"
command.
Other Changes
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Support for IntelliJ IDEA 12 and 12.1.
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Support Darcula look and feel.
- Updated JRE in Windows setup to Java 7 Update 21.
5.1.0.2 (IntelliJ IDEA plug-in only)
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Forms were not saved in IntelliJ IDEA 12 EAP.
5.1.0.1 (NetBeans and IntelliJ IDEA plug-ins only)
- NetBeans plug-in: Automatic refresh of designers on project classpath
changes or project builds did not work.
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Support for IntelliJ IDEA 12 EAP.
5.1
New Features and Improvements
- NetBeans plug-in.
- Java 7 support: Use diamond operator if source compatibility is set to Java 7.
Automatically use type parameter
<String>
for
ComboBoxModel<E>
, JComboBox<E>
,
ListModel<E>
and JList<E>
if model
property is set.
- JGoodies Forms 1.4 and 1.5 support.
- GroupLayout: Many improvements and fixes in layout design (from NetBeans
7.1).
- Palette: Display multiple items per row if there is enough room.
- Palette: New option "Item Names" in context menu to show only item
icons.
- New JFDML persistence format for .jfd form files. This is a compact,
easy-to-merge and fast-to-load format.
- New preferences page "GridBagLayout" supports specification of default
properties for new columns/rows.
- I18n: Added localization preferences option "Format used for generated
keys".
- I18n: Support XML resource bundles.
- Java code generator: Added preferences options "Variable modifiers" and
"Event handler modifiers".
- Java code generator: Added "Variable Annotations" property to ButtonGroup
objects.
- Added property editor for
java.lang.Class
.
- Added code templates for
java.awt.Frame
and
java.awt.Window
to "Java Code Generator > Templates"
preferences.
- Forms converter: Batch convert all forms in selected folders (Eclipse,
IntelliJ IDEA and NetBeans plug-ins only).
- NetBeans forms converter: Support conversion of NetBeans 7.1 GridBagLayout
gaps and FlowLayout.alignOnBaseline.
Bugs fixed
- TitledBorder and JGoodies Titled Separator used different font in Design
view (bold) than in application (on Windows).
- Nesting "this" component in panel was not handled properly.
Other Changes
- Updated JGoodies Forms to 1.4.2.
- Updated JGoodies Looks to 2.4.2.
- Updated IntelliJ IDEA GridLayout to 11.1.1.
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Use IntelliJ IDEA 10.x button-less scroll bars.
- Changed license of runtime library from
BSD-3-Clause to
BSD-2-Clause.
- Dropped Java 1.4 edition of runtime library (jfd-loader14.jar).
- Updated JRE in Windows setup to Java 7 Update 3.
5.0.4.1 (IntelliJ IDEA plug-in only)
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: JFormDesigner help was not available in IntelliJ IDEA
11.1 Ultimate Edition.
5.0.4
Bugs fixed
- Fixed NullPointerException in Java code generator if no PropertyEditor is
available (since 5.0.3).
- JBuilder plug-in: Fixed NullPointerException in code generation when
converting a form that contains menu separators.
Other Changes
- Updated JRE 6 in Windows setup to JRE 6 Update 31.
5.0.3
Bugs fixed
- Fixed failure of JIDE extionsions initialization when JIDE library path
contains spaces.
- Catch NoClassDefFoundError when getting BeanInfo to fix strange behavior of
Binding dialog if a referenced class is not found in classpath.
- Minor bugs fixed.
Other Changes
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Support for IntelliJ IDEA 11.1.
- Invoke method "public String getJavaPostInitializationString(String
componentName, String propertyName)" in java.beans.PropertyEditor
implementations to get property post initialization Java code.
5.0.2.3 (IntelliJ IDEA plug-in only)
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Support for IntelliJ IDEA 11.1 EAP build 114.55.
5.0.2.2 (IntelliJ IDEA plug-in only)
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Project specific JFormDesigner settings were not
reloaded on startup (throws ClassCastException: java.lang.Object cannot be cast
to org.jdom.Element).
5.0.2.1 (IntelliJ IDEA plug-in only)
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Editing Java custom code properties displayed empty
dialogs under special circumstances in IntelliJ IDEA 10.5 (and later) on Mac OS
X.
5.0.2
Bugs fixed
- Fixed NullPointerException when opening Binding dialog and using a property
that has a custom property editor.
- I18n: JTabbedPane tab titles were not always auto-externalized.
- Eclipse plug-in: Look and Feels or Locales combobox drop-down list (in
Designer toolbar) occasional closed immediately after popping up.
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Creating new form with OK/Cancel/Help buttons and
i18n enabled did not add the OK/Cancel/Help texts to the resource bundle.
- Mac OS X: Binding dialog was too small (Edit and Remove column buttons on
"Table Binding" tab were hidden).
- ListModel: Added @Override annotation to implemented interface methods if
source compatibility is Java 6.
- Color editor: Fixed issue with selecting System or Swing palette colors when
running JFormDesigner in Java 7 VM.
- Java code generator: Fixed generation of invalid code if "Custom Create" and
"Use Local Variable" properties are set to true.
- Java code generator: Fixed generation of invalid code if "Type Parameters"
and "Nested Class Name" properties are set.
- Java code generator: Update type parameters in extends clause of form/nested
class when changing "Type Parameters" property.
- NetBeans forms converter: Support conversion of TreeModel and String[]
property values.
- NetBeans forms converter: Fixed missing trailing ';' in "Custom Creation
Code" property.
- NetBeans forms converter: Fixed NullPointerException when converting default
LineBorder.
- NetBeans forms converter: Fixed invalid generated code if an event has more
than one handler method.
- "Unknown property" dialog were shown for inactive forms.
Other Changes
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Support for IntelliJ IDEA 11.
MatteBorder(Icon)
without insets is now supported.
- Warning when trying to open a JFDML form file, which requires JFormDesigner
5.1 or later.
- Updated JRE 6 in Windows setup to JRE 6 Update 29.
5.0.1
Bugs fixed
- Wildcards did not work in "Choose Bean" dialog when pattern starts with
uppercase letter.
- Properties view: Used localized decimal separator (e.g. ',' on German OS)
for editing double and float values, but always '.' for displaying them.
- Properties view: Clicking on number value did not position the caret at the
mouse location.
- Fixed NullPointerException when using TitledBorder and running JFormDesigner
in a Java 7 VM.
- Fixed StackOverflowError when having a GridBagLayout panel within an
IntelliJ IDEA GridLayout panel and disabled layout animation.
- Fixed occasional NullPointerException when having a JTabbedPane within an
IntelliJ IDEA GridLayout panel and using Nimbus look and feel.
- Eclipse plug-in: Test form window occasional moved behind Eclipse
window.
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: "Go to form/java" toolbar command always opened file
in same tab group even if file was already open in another tab group (IntelliJ
IDEA 10 or later only).
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: "Convert to JFormDesigner Form" progress window
blocked other dialogs.
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Raw HTML were shown in Binding dialog tab title
"Table Binding" when using IDEA 4.5 Look and Feel.
- Java code generator: Avoid duplicate ButtonGroup instantiation when using
non-local button group variable.
- Windows 7: Fixed window decorations used in Designer when designing dialogs
or frames.
Other Changes
- Windows Stand-alone: Added x64 executables.
- Updated GroupLayout (swing-layout.jar) to 1.0.4.
- Updated JRE 6 in Windows setup to JRE 6 Update 26.
5.0.0.1 (IntelliJ IDEA plug-in only)
Bugs fixed
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: IntelliJ IDEA 10 and 10.5 sometimes did no longer
respond to mouse clicks after using source/target path combobox in Bindings
dialog (throws NullPointerException in com.intellij.ui.BalloonImpl).
5.0
New Features and Improvements
- Beans Binding (JSR 295) support.
- BeanInfo annotations.
- Properties view: Ability to filter properties added.
- Properties view: "Group by Category", "Group by Defining Type" and
"Alphabetical" commands introduced to allow grouping of bean properties into
categories (normal, expert, read-only and custom categories specified in
BeanInfo); into defining types (e.g. JTextField, JTextComponent, JComponent,
Container, Component); or alphabetically.
- Properties view: Support for property categories specified in
PropertyDescriptor of BeanInfo.
- Properties view: Show changed properties even if containing category is
collapsed.
- Properties view: Moved "Code Generation" properties from own tab to category
into properties table.
- Properties view: Added "Force Value" command to property context menu. If
checked, it forces setting of property value even if it is equal to the default
property value.
- GroupLayout: "Duplicate" command added.
- GroupLayout: Added layout constraints properties for space around
component.
- JGoodies Forms 1.3 support.
- FormLayout: Auto-detect version of used JGoodies Forms library and generate
appropriate Java code.
- FormLayout: Added option "Make anonymous PanelBuilder JPanel transparent" to
"Java Code Generator > Layout Managers" preferences page.
- BorderLayout: Support relative positioning (with PAGE_START, PAGE_END,
LINE_START and LINE_END constraints).
- Support for using non-public JavaBeans and interfaces in Design view.
Non-public JavaBeans must be in the same package as the form or a nested static
class of the form class. Interfaces are not initialized in the generated Java
code. You have to do this yourself before invoking initComponents().
- "Choose Bean" dialog now displays additional information about matching
classes: modifiers (as icon), class hierarchy (in tooltip), number of matching
classes and used filter.
- "Choose Bean" dialog now supports camel-case search.
- "Choose Bean" dialog now highlights characters that match the filter
pattern.
- "Classpath Info" link added to "Choose Bean" dialog, which shows the
resolved classpath used by JFormDesigner.
- Clicking on a JScrollPane in Design view now selects its child.
- Simplified handling of JScrollPanes: now you can select the child of a
JScrollPane and change layout properties of the JScrollPane in the Properties
view and using the context popup menu.
- Automatically reload custom components when changed.
- Automatically refresh designers on project classpath changes.
- Added "Events" property to Properties view. No longer display events in
Structure view.
- "Add Event Handler" popup menu improved.
- Eclipse plug-in: The Java code generator can now use the Eclipse code
formatter to format generated code. Enable option "Use Eclipse code formatter"
in "Java Code Generator" preferences.
- Eclipse plug-in: Support creation of forms in non-Java projects (e.g. in a
Pydev project).
- Eclipse plug-in preferences: Improved filter for JFormDesigner preference
pages.
- Java code generator: Better support for custom creation of components (e.g.
using factories) with new property "Custom Create" (category "Code Generation").
When checked for a component, you can write your own component creation code
into the method createUIComponents().
- IntelliJ IDEA forms converter now supports nested forms and the "Custom
Create" flag. The new option "Form class extends top-level container" changes
the extends clause of the converted form to extend the top-level container,
which is necessary for nested forms.
- NetBeans forms converter now supports forms that use Swing Application
Framework resource management.
- Palette: Remembers expanded categories per form.
- Project specific settings.
- Added property editor for string arrays.
- I18n: Support localization of string arrays.
- I18n: Externalization of forms from command-line.
- Look and Feels: Added option "Enable Look and Feel switching" to "Look and
Feels" preferences page, which allows you to disable Look and Feel switching if
it causes problems.
- Preferences: Support definition of client properties for multiple component
classes.
- Runtime library: Automatically use
javax.swing.GroupLayout
if
running in Java 6 VM.
- Stand-alone: Show file paths in "Reopen Project" and "Reopen Form"
submenus.
- Stand-alone: Improved startup script for Unix/Linux based systems.
- Added "Tab Background" and "Tab Foreground" properties for JTabbedPane
components.
- Added "Help" button to dialogs.
- Automatically check for available updates and new versions of
JFormDesigner.
- Unified look of Palette view for all platforms.
- Support for using custom beans compiled for Java 6+ while running
JFormDesigner in a Java 5 VM (when the custom beans does not use Java 6+
API).
- Updated JGoodies Looks to 2.3.1.
Bugs fixed
- JARs on the project classpath were locked after loading custom beans.
- I18n: Some properties were not included in the Externalize Strings
dialog.
- I18n: Avoid overwriting existing messages on message key conflicts.
- Changes to properties of javax.swing.Action objects did not update connected
components in Design view (e.g. JButton) if running JFormDesigner in a Java 6
VM.
- NetBeans form converter: Fixed occasional error when converting NetBeans
6.9+ forms.
- Stand-alone on Mac OS X: JFormDesigner canceled Log Out and Shut Down even
when there were no unsaved forms.
- Eclipse plug-in: Fixed occasionally empty file view in file chooser
dialogs.
- Eclipse plug-in: Editing some properties (e.g. icon) set the property value
to null under special circumstances.
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Fixed dead-lock on start-up of IntelliJ IDEA 10 with
installed Clover plug-in and enabled Clover auto-update checking.
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Fixed occasional NullPointerException in
com.jformdesigner.KS.getState().
- Windows: Fixed painting of JRadioButtonMenuItem and JCheckBoxMenuItem on
Windows Vista/7.
- Windows: Fixed invisible texts (of labels, buttons, etc.) in Design view on
Windows XP and Java 6.
Other Changes
- System Requirements: Sun/Oracle Java 5 or later; Eclipse 3.2 - 3.6; IntelliJ
IDEA 8 - 10; JBuilder 2006.
- Updated JRE 6 in Windows setup to JRE 6 Update 24.
4.0.9
Bugs fixed
- I18n: Support resource bundles that have '_' in it's name.
- I18n: On internalize, avoid removal of externalized strings from resource
bundle if still used in form.
- Stand-alone: When changing the screen resolution, the Structure and
Properties views were occasionally not visible after restart.
- Loading forms failed when running JFormDesigner in a Java 7 EA VM.
- Using FormCreator in custom components caused java.lang.NoSuchMethodError
exceptions when using the custom component in JFormDesigner.
- Fixed layout of vertical JMenuBar.
- Fixed wrong layering of JLayeredPane children in Design view after re-open
or refresh a form.
java.beans.Customizer
implementations did not persist primitive
properties.
- Linux: Fixed add, move and reject cursor images.
- Windows setups no longer require administrator rights.
Other Changes
- Updated JRE 6 in Windows setup to JRE 6 Update 22.
4.0.8
Bugs fixed
- GroupLayout: Adding multiple instances to a form (holding down
Ctrl key; Command key on Mac) did not always work as expected.
- GroupLayout: Improved baseline alignment behavior.
- GroupLayout: When adding or moving a component, in some situations a medium
or large gap of another component was changed to a small gap.
- GroupLayout: Improved generated code for labels and buttons with HTML
content.
- GroupLayout: linkSize() statements did not have fixed order.
- GroupLayout: Avoid ambiguous GroupLayout compiler warning when using
swing-layout.jar and Java 6 compiler.
- GroupLayout: Minor bugs fixed.
- Windows Vista: Combo boxes did not paint focus indicator.
- Eclipse plug-in: Ctrl+X, Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V and Ctrl+A did not always work in
JFormDesigner views (in Eclipse 3.5 and later).
- Eclipse plug-in: The classpath used for the "Choose Bean" dialog did not
include all direct dependent projects on complex project dependencies (since
4.0.7).
- Eclipse plug-in: On Windows, sometimes two mouse clicks were necessary to
activate a palette entry or to activate another JFormDesigner view.
- Eclipse plug-in on Mac OS X: Improved integration into Eclipse Mac Cocoa
edition.
- Eclipse plug-in on Mac OS X: In the Eclipse Mac Carbon edition, the main
window occasionally stayed always on top of all other windows.
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Command "New > JFormDesigner Form" was not shown
in Packages view (Project tool window) context menu when having same package in
different source folders.
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: "Reset" button in Settings dialog did not work.
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: JFormDesigner did not use changed project or module
language levels (in IntelliJ IDEA 8.0 and later).
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Fixed occasional exception in Structure view after
closing last editor.
- JBuilder plug-in: External read-only state changes of form files were not
detected.
- IDE plug-ins: Palette was not updated in all opened form designers when
using "Palette Manager" dialog.
- Using MiG Calendar components did cause errors on save when running
JFormDesigner in Java 6 Update 15 VM (and later) or in Java 5 Update 20 VM (and
later).
- Java code generator: Added @Override annotation to implemented interface
methods if source compatibility is Java 6.
- Java code generator: Avoid unused constraints variables for FormLayout and
GridBagLayout if the container does not have children.
- Java code generator: Avoid unused import statements for FormLayout,
GridBagLayout, IntelliJ IDEA GridLayout and TableLayout when using generation of
explicit imports.
- I18n: No longer escape printable ISO 8859-1 characters (e.g. german umlauts)
in .properties files.
- Client property editor did not work for value type
java.lang.Object
and subclasses (e.g.
java.awt.Component
).
- NetBeans form converter: Fixed NPE when converting NetBeans forms that use
automatic resource managment and the Swing application framework.
- NetBeans form converter: Detect form superclass from Java source.
- Mac OS X: Fixed erroneously reported ClassNotFoundException for
com.apple.laf.AquaLookAndFeel when using JIDE components 2.7.2 (or later) on Mac
OS X 10.5 (or earlier) and running JFormDesigner in a Java 5 VM.
- Runtime library: Fixed NoClassDefFoundError:
org/jdesktop/layout/GroupLayout$Group exception. swing-layout.jar is no longer
required.
- Fixed StackOverflowError when saving a form, after refreshing it, that uses
a custom border in a TitledBorder.
- Minor bugs fixed.
Other Changes
- System Requirements: IntelliJ IDEA 5.0 no longer supported.
- Updated JRE 6 in Windows setup to JRE 6 Update 20.
- Updated JRE 5 in Windows setup to JRE 5 Update 22.
4.0.7.2 (IntelliJ IDEA plug-in only)
New Features and Improvements
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Support for latest IntelliJ IDEA 9 Preview builds
(Community Edition and Ultimate Edition build 90.122).
Bugs fixed
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Fixed occasional NullPointerException when creating
new forms.
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Check marks for "Auto-close Test Forms" and "Show
Test Form Size" toggle commands were not shown in "Test Form" toolbar popup
menu.
- Minor bugs fixed.
4.0.7.1 (IntelliJ IDEA plug-in only)
Bugs fixed
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: IntelliJ IDEA 8.1 (and earlier) did not start the
JFormDesigner plug-in because it thought that it is not compatible (since
4.0.7).
4.0.7
New Features and Improvements
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Support for IntelliJ IDEA 9.0M1.
Bugs fixed
- Using MiG Calendar components did cause errors on save when setting some
properties (e.g.
DateAreaBean.labelPlaceRect
or
DateHeaderBean.cellDecorationRow
).
- Eclipse plug-in: Cycle project dependencies sometimes caused
StackOverflowErrors.
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Fixed ClassCastException that may occur when
converting several IntelliJ IDEA forms to JFormDesigner forms.
- Java code generator produced invalid code for nested FormLayout containers
if both options "Use PanelBuilder in generated code" and "Use 'this' for member
variables" were enabled.
- Java code generator produced uncompilable code when using local component
variables and generating text initialization into initComponentsI18n()
method.
Other Changes
- Updated JRE 6 in Windows setup to JRE 6 Update 16.
- Updated JRE 5 in Windows setup to JRE 5 Update 20.
4.0.6
Bugs fixed
- I18n: Choosing a resource bundle did generate a wrong package for the bundle
in the Eclipse plug-in or if the bundle is in the root of a source folder in all
editions (since 4.0.5).
Other Changes
- Updated JRE 6 in Windows setup to JRE 6 Update 14.
- Updated JRE 5 in Windows setup to JRE 5 Update 19.
- Updated JRE 1.4 in Windows setup to JRE 1.4.2_19.
4.0.5
New Features and Improvements
- Eclipse plug-in: Support for Eclipse 3.5 (Galileo).
- Eclipse plug-in: Support for multi-instance (pinned) properties views in
Eclipse 3.5.
Bugs fixed
- Fixed various Nimbus look and feel related issues.
- GroupLayout: Auto-correct invalid preferred size.
- I18n: Choosing a resource bundle in a nested source folder did generate a
wrong package for the bundle.
- I18n: Compose key sequences, which can be used to enter accented and other
non-standard characters, did not work correctly in the "Localize" dialog.
- JSplitPane: Design view used wrong default value (0.5) for property
"resizeWeight" (should be 0.0).
- JSplitPane: Changing property "resizeWeight" did not update Design view.
- JScrollPane: Changed preferred size of non-scrollable child did compute a
wrong preferred size for scroll pane if horizontal and vertical scroll bar
policies are "as needed".
- Java code generator sometimes produced unnecessary
import java.lang.*;
statements.
- Eclipse plug-in: Fixed occasional deadlock on opening forms that have
unknown properties.
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: When using JIDE components, the IDE erroneously
reported ClassNotFoundExceptions for AquaLookAndFeel and other look and feel
classes.
- Layout of some dialogs (e.g. Choose Bean, Preferences) was not correct when
running JFormDesigner on Java 6 and using not the platform look and feel (e.g.
JGoodies Looks on Windows) in the Design view.
- Designer did not display correctly when a custom component throws an
exception in its overridden addNotify() method.
4.0.4
New Features and Improvements
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Support for IntelliJ IDEA 8.1.
Bugs fixed
- Mac OS X: Fixed display of too large toolbar and palette buttons.
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in on Mac OS X: When using the Quaqua look and feel that
is bundled with IntelliJ IDEA 7 (and later), then designing with GroupLayout did
not work. Also the Border, Color, Font and Icon property editors dialogs did not
open.
- NetBeans form converter: Fixed import of CompoundBorder.
- Java code generator produced uncompilable code when using nested class as
custom border.
- Java code generator produced duplicate event handler methods if parameter of
event handler method is final.
Other Changes
- Updated JRE 6 in Windows setup to JRE 6 Update 12.
- Updated JRE 5 in Windows setup to JRE 5 Update 17.
4.0.3
New Features and Improvements
- Added "Show Test Form Size" option to "Test Form" drop-down menu.
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Support for IntelliJ IDEA 8.1 EAP.
Bugs fixed
- GroupLayout: When resizing a top-level panel in designer, the generated code
did not reflect the correct new panel size.
- GroupLayout: Initial size of newly created form panel were not set correctly
in generated code.
- GroupLayout: Resetting horizontal/vertical auto resizing of components did
not work in some situations.
- GroupLayout: "Set Default Size" command did not work correctly for resizable
components.
- GroupLayout: Layout constraints properties for horizontal/vertical
size/resizable did no longer work after renaming the selected component (since
4.0.2).
- Eclipse and IntelliJ IDEA plug-ins: The classpath used by the designer did
not include non-exported classpath entries from dependent projects. This caused
NoClassDefFoundError exceptions when using beans from dependent projects, which
use classes from non-exported libraries.
- Fixed Java code generation and persistence problem with Java 5 enum property
values, which override Enum.toString().
- Stand-alone: Maximized state of JFormDesigner window were not restored on
startup.
- Stand-alone: Fixed problem that sometimes placed the JFormDesigner window
outside of the screen area on startup.
4.0.2.1 (IntelliJ IDEA plug-in only)
Bugs fixed
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Support for IntelliJ IDEA 8.0.
4.0.2
New Features and Improvements
- Properties view: Always show changed advanced properties even if the
advanced properties are hidden.
- GroupLayout: Added layout constraints properties for horizontal/vertical
size/resizable.
- Stand-alone: Added option "Encoding" to "Code Style" preferences.
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Support for IntelliJ IDEA 8.0 M1 and current Diana
EAP build 8823.
- JBuilder plug-in: jbInit() converter now supports TableLayout.
Bugs fixed
- GroupLayout: Fixed problem that did change the size of a GroupLayout
container when adding new components to it.
- GroupLayout: Fixed problem that occasional reports a "Unknown component ID
xyz used in GroupLayout specification" error message after deleting a
GroupLayout container (since 4.0.1).
- GroupLayout: Some fixes related to center alignment and vertical
resizing.
- GroupLayout: Adding a panel (with any layout manager except GroupLayout) to
a GroupLayout container did give the new panel a zero size.
- GroupLayout: Copying a GroupLayout container (with children) did not copy
the layout information and the children were not visible.
- FormLayout: Custom column/row templates were not added to the FormLayout
root layout map in the designer.
- FormLayout: Changing custom column/row templates did not update them in the
designer.
- Java code generator: Fixed generation of invalid GroupLayout initialization
code when using member variable prefix or 'this' prefix for component
variables.
- Java code generator: Fixed ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException in application
when using JGoodies Titled Separator in localized form (i18n) and generating
text initialization into initComponentsI18n() method.
- Java code generator: When running JFormDesigner in a Java 7 EA VM, it did
not generate code for some properties (background, foreground, font, visible,
preferredSize, minimumSize, maximumSize, etc).
- Java code generator: Did not generate getter methods for non-referenced
top-level components (e.g. actions).
- Eclipse plug-in did not work on 64-bit Windows Vista and XP.
- JBuilder plug-in: jbInit() converter did not always use up-to-date data when
converting changed Java code.
- Stand-alone: Fixed exception when opening localized form while having
non-existing folder in project source folders.
- Stand-alone: Fixed exception and unnecessary error messages when deleting
multiple opened forms files.
4.0.1
New Features and Improvements
- IDE plug-ins: Double-clicking Action object in Design view opens Java editor
and goes to Action's actionPerformed() method.
- TableModel editor: Always enabled the Insert (and Delete) column/row buttons
to allow easier editing of empty table models. E.g. when using SwingX
JXTable.
- Updated JGoodies Forms to 1.2.1.
Bugs fixed
- Fixed Java code generation of
boolean
properties when using
Apache xbean-reflect.jar (e.g. in IntelliJ IDEA 7.0.4).
- Fixed potential ClassCastException in
com.jgoodies.forms.layout.LayoutMap.getRoot()
when two independent
instances of the JGoodies Forms 1.2 library are loaded into same VM.
- Fixed paint problem when using SwingX JXPanel (or subclasses) and set
"alpha" property.
- GroupLayout: Fixed problem that can corrupt forms when renaming a container
that has GroupLayout and then rename a child component of that container.
- GroupLayout: "Test Form" command and runtime library did not show components
that have been pasted from the clipboard but not laid out.
- GroupLayout: Fixed order of horizontal and vertical layout groups in
generated Java code for components that have been pasted from the clipboard but
not laid out.
- GroupLayout: Fixed indentation of generated Java code.
- FormLayout: Fixed wrong Dialog Unit calculation when switching to another
look and feel in the designer.
- Fixed layout conversion problem with zero sized components when converting
from GroupLayout to FormLayout.
- Eclipse plug-in: Using and creating resource bundles on linked folders did
not work.
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Fixed a problem that did prevent opening form editors
on startup of IntelliJ IDEA, if the form uses SwingX JXHeader component.
4.0
New Features and Improvements
- GroupLayout support (as in NetBeans GUI Builder; formerly Project
Matisse).
- JGoodies Forms 1.2 support.
- Updating class name cache of "Choose Bean" dialog is now done in the
background.
- Support for SwingX HorizontalLayout
and VerticalLayout.
- Support for SwingX
DropShadowBorder.
- Convert Abeille forms to JFormDesigner forms.
- Improved NetBeans form conversion (ListModel, SpinnerModel, ComponentRef,
etc).
- IntelliJ IDEA and Eclipse plug-ins: The improved conversion of IntelliJ IDEA
forms now removes IDEA's GUI code (e.g. $$$setupUI$$$() method and component
fields) and also uses the same modifiers (public, private, protected, etc) for
the new component fields as the removed fields. This makes the migration from
IntelliJ IDEA GUI builder to JFormDesigner seamless.
- Improved usability of SpinnerModel property editor.
- Support for JTable.selectionMode property.
- Support for custom borders.
- I18n: Added localization preferences option "Delete messages only if key
prefix is equal to form's key prefix", which is on by default.
- Java code generator: Support custom code indentation. The IDE plug-ins are
using the IDE code style settings of the project or workspace. The stand-alone
edition provides a "Code Style" preferences page.
- Java code generator: Support for JGoodies factory components text
initialization in initComponentsI18n() method, which can be used to switch
locale at runtime (requires JGoodies Forms 1.2).
- Java code generator: Support for invoking the JFormDesigner Java code
generator from command-line.
- Improved keyboard navigation in Design view.
Other Changes
- Updated JRE 6.0 in Windows setup to JRE 6.0 Update 6.
- Updated JRE 5.0 in Windows setup to JRE 5.0 Update 15.
- Updated JRE 1.4 in Windows setup to JRE 1.4.2_17.
3.1.4
Bugs fixed
- Fixed Java code generation of
boolean
properties when using
Apache xbean-reflect.jar (e.g. in IntelliJ IDEA 7.0.4).
- Eclipse plug-in: Using and creating resource bundles on linked folders did
not work.
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Fixed a problem that did prevent opening form editors
on startup of IntelliJ IDEA, if the form uses SwingX JXHeader component.
3.1.3
Bugs fixed
- Contents of custom dialogs/frames not shown in designer.
- Vista and Leopard dialog/frame borders in designer.
- "New Form" dialog did not remember the 'none' state for button bars in
settings.
- Conversion from null layout to grid-based layout did not compute optimal
column/row spans for multiple components.
- Clipboard: Paste frames/dialogs now always to the top-level.
- SpinnerDateModel editor did not show correct end date and changing end date
was now always possible.
- CardLayout: Fixed NPE when trying to localize card name.
- Java code generator: Avoid unused import statements for FormLayout classes
when using generation of explicit imports.
- Java code generator inserted unnecessary '}' at end of initComponents() in
NetBeans 5.5+ generated .java files.
- Java code generator: Fixed possible wrong order of variables when using
nested classes.
- Eclipse plug-in: Fixed occasional deadlock on opening forms when running
Eclipse on Java 6.
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Fixed occasional deadlock on running ANT build when
running IntelliJ IDEA 7 on Java 6.
Other Changes
- Updated JRE 6.0 in Windows setup to JRE 6.0 Update 4.
- Updated JRE 5.0 in Windows setup to JRE 5.0 Update 14.
3.1.2
New Features
- Stand-alone edition: New icons for .jfd and .jfdproj files on Windows and
Mac OS X.
- Mac OS X: Now using smaller fonts for palette, structure and properties
views.
Bugs fixed
- Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard): Fixed missing selection in palette and fixed
appearance of combo boxes in toolbar.
- Mac OS X: In-place-editing text field for frame and dialog titles now
horizontally centered.
- Java code generator: Avoid unnecessary "bundle" variables when using own
'getString' templates in localization preferences.
- Java code generator: Assigning actions to buttons in nested classes did not
work because the actions have been instantiated too late.
- Eclipse plug-in: Fixed casual activation of another view (Mac OS X
only).
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Fixed assertion when saving forms on project closing
(since 3.1.1).
- Properties view: Changing "enabled" property of
javax.swing.Action
objects did not work.
3.1.1.1 (IntelliJ IDEA plug-in only)
Bugs fixed
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Fixed deprecated method ProjectImpl.getProjectFile()
usage error in IntelliJ IDEA 7.0.
3.1.1
New Features
- Property editor for
java.awt.Paint
.
- I18n: Support specification of resource bundle key for TitledBorders.
- Support for
JViewport
.
- Java code generator: Possibility to specify whether to generate code on a
form-by-form basis.
- Java code generator: Support for TableLayout implementation in another
package.
- Eclipse plug-in: Added "Generate Java Code" command to designer toolbar.
- Updated JRE 6.0 in Windows setup to JRE 6.0 Update 3.
- Updated JRE 5.0 in Windows setup to JRE 5.0 Update 13.
- Updated JRE 1.4 in Windows setup to JRE 1.4.2_16.
Bugs fixed
- FlowLayout properties not shown in Properties view when running on Java 1.4
or Java 5 (since 3.1).
- Eclipse plug-in did not work on 64-bit Linux (since 3.1).
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Fixed IllegalAccessException: Class
com.jformdesigner.yX can not access a member of class
com.intellij.openapi.localVcs.LvcsAction$1 with modifiers "public".
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Fixed assertion when using Perforce VCS.
- JBuilder plug-in: jbInit() converter replaced layout manager of custom
beans, which already had set the layout manager in the bean constructor.
- JBuilder plug-in: "Add" buttons on "Native Library Paths" preferences page
did not work.
- Stand-alone: Update unknown palette icons on project open.
3.1
New Features
- Animated layout changes in Design view.
- Preferences page "General" added.
- Relative font specification.
- JBuilder 2005/2006 plug-in. (for JBuilder 2007 use the Eclipse plug-in)
- Support Java 6 baseline layout extensions of GridBagLayout and
FlowLayout.
- Support abstract classes as superclass of forms.
- Support JavaBeans that use native libraries (e.g. JOGL). Added "Native
Library Paths" page to the preferences.
- Properties view: Use spinner component as cell editor for number
properties.
- Properties view: Improved keyboard editing: Space key starts editing; other
keys replace old value.
- Added "no layout (GenericIndexLayout)" to list of layout managers in "New
Container" dialog.
- Test form: If form uses CardLayout, then show same cards in the test form as
in the Design view.
- Improved ButtonGroup member visualization.
- Support for ButtonGroup subclasses.
- Java code generator: Possibility to generate initComponentsI18n() method,
which can be used to switch locale at runtime.
- Preferences: Added "Import" and "Export" buttons to the IDE plug-ins
preferences/settings dialogs for importing and exporting of JFormDesigner .prefs
files, which are compatible with all editions of JFormDesigner (IDE plug-ins and
stand-alone).
- Preferences: Possibility to export parts of the preferences.
- Preferences: Added "Restore Defaults" button to preferences/settings dialogs
of stand-alone edition and IntelliJ IDEA plug-in.
- Stand-alone: Possibility to change order of classpath entries in project
dialog.
- Updated JGoodies Looks to 2.1.4.
- Updated JGoodies Forms to 1.1.
- Updated TableLayout to latest release (2007-03-06).
- The runtime library
jfd-loader.jar
, which can be used to load
.jfd files at runtime, is now open source licensed under the BSD license. Source
code and javadoc are in the redist folder. jfd-loader.jar
is now
about 20kB larger because it is no longer obfuscated.
Bugs fixed
- If a spinner component is focused in a dialog, the ENTER and ESC keys now
work as expected and close the dialog.
- Properties view sometimes lost focus after editing a property value.
- Eclipse plug-in: Improved reliability and stability of Swing/SWT integration
(especially on Mac OS X and Linux).
- Eclipse plug-in: Fixed StackOverflowError while calling X11 error handler,
which sometimes occurred on Linux/GTK.
- Eclipse plug-in: When renaming a component in Outline view, the editing text
field was not focused on Linux.
- Eclipse plug-in: Failed to open forms if xercesImpl.jar is in
<JRE>/lib/ext
folder.
3.0.5
New Features
- Updated JRE 6.0 in Windows setup to JRE 6.0 Update 2.
- Updated JRE 5.0 in Windows setup to JRE 5.0 Update 12.
- Updated JRE 1.4 in Windows setup to JRE 1.4.2_15.
Bugs fixed
- Java code generator: Fixed missing import statement for
javax.swing.JLayeredPane
when generating explicit imports.
- Java parser reported missing opening curly bracket for some field
initialization code.
- Linux: Fixed NullPointerException on drag-and-drop in Structure view.
- Eclipse plug-in: Failed to open forms if something is wrong in the project's
classpath.
- Eclipse plug-in: Failed to open forms under some circumstances with
following message: "Attempted to beginRule: R/, does not match outer scope
rule".
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Fixed assertion when using Perforce VCS.
- Minor bugs fixed.
3.0.4.1 (IntelliJ IDEA plug-in only)
Bugs fixed
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Fixed "old lvcs is disabled" errors when using
IntelliJ IDEA 7.0 EAP build 6951 (or later).
3.0.4
New Features
- Updated JRE 6.0 in Windows setup to JRE 6.0 Update 1.
- Updated JRE 1.4 in Windows setup to JRE 1.4.2_14.
Bugs fixed
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Fixed NoSuchMethodError errors when using IntelliJ
IDEA 7.0 EAP build 6913 (or later).
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Fixed exceptions when drag-and-drop components in
Structure view in IntelliJ IDEA 7.0 M1 EAP (or later).
- Eclipse plug-in: Fixed occasional activating Eclipse window when switching
to another application (since 3.0.1).
- Java code generator: Parser reported syntax error if component field
annotation parameters contains '{' and '}' (Java 5).
- Java code generator: Fixed missing "bundle" variable when localizing only
TitledBorder or JGoodies factory components (since 3.0.1).
- Java code generator: Insert event handler methods before javadoc of
initComponents() method.
- Minor performance improvements for initializing "Choose Bean" dialog.
3.0.3
Bugs fixed
- Deleting components failed if the component or one of its descending
components has Code Generation properties set (since JFormDesigner 3.0.2).
- GridBagLayout is now used as layout manager for button bars when creating
new forms, except when using FormLayout or TableLayout for the content pane.
This is to avoid the dependency on JGoodies FormLayout when using e.g.
BorderLayout for the content pane.
3.0.2
New Features
- Java code generator can now generate member variables and getter methods for
JToolBar.Separator
components.
Bugs fixed
- IntelliJ IDEA plug-in: Check boxes not shown in popup menus if the menu item
has another icon.
- Feedback grids for GridLayout placed at wrong coordinates if component
orientation is right-to-left and horizontal gap is greater than zero.
- Could not edit TitledBorders imported from IntelliJ IDEA forms.
- Java code generator: Fixed generation of invalid import statements for
nested classes if generation of explicit imports is enabled in the Java Code
Generator preferences.
- Java code generator: Fixed code generation failure when using a spacer
component in a JToolBar.
3.0.1
New Features
- New Windows setup with bundled JRE 6.0.
- Updated JRE 5.0 in Windows setup to JRE 5.0 Update 11.
- Updated JRE 1.4 in Windows setup to JRE 1.4.2_13.
- Mac OS X: Support for the
Quaqua look and feel.
Bugs fixed
- Saving forms failed if non-visual beans have event listeners.
- Saving forms failed if color from Swing color palette is not available in
current look and feel.
- Properties view not updated when removing events.
- Clicking JTabbedPane tabs in Design view did not activate tabs if
tabLayoutPolicy is SCROLL.
- Eclipse plug-in: Closing JFormDesigner dialogs did activate random window
when running Eclipse on Java 6.
- Eclipse plug-in: Fixed deadlock on opening multiple forms when running
Eclipse on Java 6.
- Eclipse plug-in on Linux: Size of JFormDesigner editors and views not
updated on resize when running Eclipse on Java 6.
- Hover selection not updated in Structure view on form changes.
- Feedback grids for GridLayout placed at wrong coordinates if component
orientation is right-to-left or if the container has different sized insets.
- Shift+Click on column/row in header, when resize cursor is visible, did not
select columns/rows between the last selected and the clicked column/row.
- Externalize Strings dialog: Locale combo was not updated after selecting a
resource bundle.
- Client property values were auto-externalized in localized forms.
- Java code generator: Avoid unnecessary "bundle" variables in nested
classes.
3.0
New Features
Eclipse plug-in
- Designer integrated as Eclipse editor for JFormDesinger .jfd files.
- Eclipse "Outline" view displays structure of form.
- Eclipse "Properties" view displays properties of selected components.
- "JFormDesigner Error Log" view automatically opens on errors.
- Wizard to create new forms. Select "JFormDesigner Form" in the "New"
wizard.
- Uses the source folders and classpath of the current Eclipse project.
- Java code generator updates the .java file on every change in the designer
if the .java file is open or when saving the form.
- Fold generated code in Java editor.
- Go to event handler method in Java editor.
- Two-way synchronization of localized strings in designer and in properties
file editors.
- Integrated into refactoring: Copy, rename, move or delete .jfd files when
coping, renaming, moving or deleting .java files.
- Menu "Form" in the main menu bar if a .jfd file is active.
- JFormDesigner preferences integrated into Eclipse preferences.
- Copy needed libraries (JGoodies Forms, TableLayout, etc) to the project and
add them to the classpath. Optionally include source code and javadoc.
- Convert IntelliJ IDEA and NetBeans forms to JFormDesigner forms.
- Supports Eclipse 3.1, 3.2 or later (Mac OS X: Eclipse 3.2 and Java 6 DP 6 or
later required; Linux: Java 5 or later required).
IntelliJ IDEA plug-in
- Designer integrated as IntelliJ IDEA editor for JFormDesinger .jfd
files.
- IntelliJ IDEA "Structure" view displays structure of form.
- "JFormDesigner Error Log" view automatically opens on errors.
- Create new forms. Select "JFormDesigner Form" in the "New" popup menu.
- Uses the source folders and classpath of the current IntelliJ IDEA
module.
- Java code generator updates the .java file on every change in the designer
if the .java file is open or when saving the form.
- Fold generated code in Java editor.
- Go to event handler method in Java editor.
- Two-way synchronization of localized strings in designer and in properties
file editors.
- JFormDesigner preferences integrated into IntelliJ IDEA settings.
- Assign shortcut keys to JFormDesigner commands in "Keymap" settings.
- Copy needed libraries (JGoodies Forms, TableLayout, etc) to the project and
add them to the classpath. Optionally include source code and javadoc.
- Convert IntelliJ IDEA and NetBeans forms to JFormDesigner forms.
- Supports IntelliJ IDEA 5.0, 5.1, 6.0 or later.
Localization
- Updating properties files without loosing comments and order of keys.
- Use of resource bundles in any folder (within source folders).
- Change of resource bundle used in form.
- Select existing keys. In the Properties view click the small globe in a
String property value to open the "Choose Key" dialog.
- Log missing resources to Error Log view.
- "Delete Locale" command added.
- New preference option "Copy localized messages when copying components".
- New preference option "append new strings to the end of properties
files".
- Reload properties files on external changes.
- Localization of mnemonics.
- Externalize strings to any locale.
Design view
- Column/row headers: Resizing of columns/rows to change (minimum) size.
- New "Nest in Container" command in component context menu.
- Added "Auto-close Test Forms" option to "Test Form" drop-down menu.
- Test Form: Embed form into scroll pane if preferred size is larger than
screen size.
- null layout manager: move selected components with Ctrl+ArrowKey and change
size with Shift+ArrowKey. New commands "Make Horizontal/Vertical Space Equal"
added to popup menu. All alignment commands have now keyboard shortcuts.
- Added "Use local variable" check box to Rename dialog.
- Support adding PropertyChangeListener for a specific property.
- Support for IntelliJ IDEA's layout manager GridLayoutManager.
Structure view
- No longer expand and scroll to components, which are under the mouse
location in the Design view.
Properties view
- Support Java 5 enums in property values.
- Easy creation of nested action classes
(
javax.swing.Action
).
- Enhanced
TableModel
editor: Specification of column widths,
resizable flag, predefined values for combo box editor and support
java.util.Date
as column type.
- New property "Variable Name" introduced to allow equal variable names in
nested classes.
- New properties "Location Policy" and "Size Policy" for
java.awt.Window
based classes (JDialog
,
JFrame
, etc.) to control the initial location and size of the
window. Default location policy is "Relative to owner" and default size policy
is "Preferred size". Note: This is a minor incompatibility to
previous versions, which did not set the location and size.
- Property editor for
javax.swing.border.Border
,
java.awt.Font
and javax.swing.Icon
now supports usage
of javax.swing.UIManager
values.
- Property editors for
javax.swing.ActionMap
and
javax.swing.InputMap
(read-only).
- Property editor for
java.awt.Image
added. Allows setting
iconImage
of java.awt.Frame
.
- Added property editors for
char
,
java.lang.Character
and java.lang.Boolean
.
- Support for JComponent's client properties: Define client properties in the
Preferences dialog and use them in the Properties view.
- Annotations for component variable (Java 5).
Palette
- New tab "JARs" in "Choose Bean" and "Add Beans" dialogs allows selecting
classes that are marked as JavaBeans in the JAR manifests. This makes it easier
to add beans from 3rd party libraries (like MiG Calendar or JIDE) to the
palette.
- Hide unavailable components in history of "Choose Bean" dialog.
- Exclude classes without public "null" constructor in "Choose Bean"
dialog.
- JRE components included in "Choose Bean" dialog.
- Reduced height of palette buttons to show more components.
- Added
javax.swing.Action
, horizontal Spacer and vertical Spacer
to palette. Spacers are for use in IntelliJ IDEA GridLayout only.
Preferences
- Preference pages "Source Folders" and "Classpath" removed and replaced with
a default project.
- Added page to define client properties for use in the Properties view.
- Added page to specify BeanInfo and PropertyEditor search paths.
- Localization: Template for new properties files.
- Java Code Generator: Specification of source compatibility of generated
code, member variable prefix, etc.
- Added option to disable IntelliGap for JGoodies FormLayout.
- Specification of i18n getBundle() and getString() code templates.
Java code generator
- Renames existing event handler methods when changing the event handler
name.
- Renames existing component getter methods and update the return statement
when renaming a component.
- Renames existing nested classes when changing the "Nested Class Name"
property.
- Updates the
extends
clause of a class when morphing a bean,
which is connected to a (nested) class.
- Determine source compatibility of generated code from JRE. E.g. if
JFormDesigner runs on Java 5, it generates Java 5 compatible source code. You
can change the source compatibility level in the preferences.
- Parametrization of component class names (e.g.
MyComponent<String>
).
- Option to use 'this' to access component member variables.
- Optionally generate explicit imports (see Preferences).
- Specification of i18n getBundle() and getString() code template.
- Determine line separators when updating existing .java files.
- Support for non-local
ButtonGroup
variables.
- Generation of
PanelBuilder
code for JGoodies FormLayout.
- GridBagLayout: New option to use empty
GridBagConstraints
constructors (for Java <= 1.1).
- Java parser now allows curly brackets outside of class (e.g. for
annotations).
Runtime library
FormCreator
: Added methods to get form model, locale, class
loader.
FormCreator
: Allow overriding of methods to get i18n resource
bundles and strings.
FormComponentVisitor
introduced to visit all components in a
hierarchy.
Other
- Stand-alone: Simple project manager.
- Stand-alone: Import IntelliJ IDEA .form files. Either select "File >
Import" from the main menu or drag .form files to the JFormDesigner window.
- Stand-alone: Improved start-up speed when many forms are open.
- Stand-alone: Reload form files and properties files on external changes.
- Updated BeanInfos for Java 6.
- Updated JRE 5.0 in Windows setup to JRE 5.0 Update 9.
- Updated JRE 1.4 in Windows setup to JRE 1.4.2_12.
- Updated JGoodies Looks to 2.0.4.
- Updated JGoodies Forms to 1.0.7.
Bugs fixed
- FormLayout: Small constant sized columns/rows (e.g. 1dlu) no longer stretch
when smaller than 5 pixel.
- Runtime library: Event handler methods not added to windows (JFrame,
JDialog, etc) when specifying an owner.
- Fixed exception when removing last column/row in GridBagLayout or
TableLayout.
- Swing palette colors did not use current look and feel.
- "Reopen" submenu was not updated on Mac OS X.
- Using
JTabbedPane
, JScrollPane
,
JSplitPane
, etc. as superclass for new forms works now as
expected.
- Fixed generation of uncompilable code when using null layout manager in
JFrame
.
- Fixed problem when saving
SpinnerNumberModel
on some VMs.
- Using
TitledBorder
may cause errors on save when JFormDesigner
runs on Java 6.
- null layout did not compute minimal size.
- Minor bugs fixed.
2.0.5
New Features
- Runtime library: Added convenience methods to get menu components.
Bugs fixed
- Fixed application freeze when using animated GIFs.
- Fixed: Renaming button groups did not update references in menu bars.
- Fixed ClassCastException when setting tile icon of MatteBorder to
default.
- Fixed in runtime library: Event handler methods not found in superclasses of
target object.
- Java code generator: Fixed exception when using a menu bar in a JFrame and
"Set Component Names" property is true.
- Java code generator: Fixed generation of uncompilable code when referencing
a top-level component that is a nested class.
- Minor bugs fixed.
2.0.4
Bugs fixed
- Linux and Mac OS X: Fixed bug in Java parser which may partly corrupt
generated code in case that the file contains multi-line comments with empty
lines.
- Java code generator: Do not generate component getter methods for local
component variables.
- Java code generator: Fixed missing import statement when using subclasses of
Swing components.
- Fixed look and feel problem regarding JIDE components.
- Fixed ClassCastException when testing a form where a ButtonGroup is the
first component.
- Minor bugs fixed.
2.0.3
Bugs fixed
- Localization: Do not auto-externalize excluded properties when editing
properties.
- Fixed NPE when using FormCreator with event handlers and removing another
event listener.
- Java code generator: Fixed missing import statement for
java.awt.Toolkit
in KeyStroke
property editor.
- Added some missing Java 5 properties to BeanInfos of
java.awt.Container
and java.awt.Window
.
- Mac OS X: Forward delete key works now as expected in text fields
(in-place-editing, etc.).
- Minor bugs fixed.
2.0.2
New Features
- Assign "labelFor" property of labels in component context menu.
- Allow remove or reassign of refactored or unknown properties.
- Java code generator: Generate
BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder()
for empty EmptyBorders
.
Bugs fixed
- Marquee selection no longer selects invisible components in
JTabbedPane
and CardLayout
.
- Size of
GridBagLayout
panel too small in some situations.
- Column/row headers not always updated when moving a panel.
- Pasting non-visual beans may cause errors on save.
- "Restore Default Value" in Properties view did not use the current look and
feel.
- Morphing did not remove read-only properties.
- Fixed exception when using
JMenuBar
and WinLAF look and
feel.
- Java code generator: Fixed exception when using a menu bar and null layout
in a
JFrame
.
- Java code generator: Fixed generated event handler invocation code for the
case that the listener interface has a method with the same name as the handler
method.
- Mac OS X: Command key now works as expected to add multiple components. No
longer drops component to parent of container.
2.0.1
New Features
- Simplified moving and resizing of JScrollPanes in Design view: now you click
on the child of a JScrollPane and then move or resize the JScrollPane including
its child component.
- When morphing a bean from a non-scrollable component type to a scrollable
component type, JFormDesigner asks to wrap the component in a
JScrollPane
.
- Java code generator: Generation of getter methods for for components.
- Possibility to exclude properties from code generation. This is useful to
exclude table, tree, etc. models, which are set for prototyping purposes, from
code generation.
FormCreator
: isSetComponentNames()
and
setSetComponentNames()
added.
Bugs fixed
- Couldn't add menu items to subclasses of JMenu.
- Column/row grouping lines scroll out of visible area.
- Grid of GridBagLayout panel shown in wrong location in some conditions.
- Java code generator: Fixed line counting bug in parser on Linux, Mac OS X
and other Unix systems when single-line comments contains multi-line
comments.
- Java code generator: Fixed wrong evaluation of custom code variable ${field}
when using a member variable prefix.
- Java code generator: Fixed wrong evaluation of custom code variable
${field_type} for JGoodies ComponentFactory components and nested classes.
- Fixed painting problem in Design view when using Liquid look and feel.
- Mac OS X: Increased row height of Properties view.
2.0
New Features
Design view
- Menu designer: Visual design of menu bars and popup menus, in-place edit
menu item texts and drag-and-drop menu items. The component palette contains a
new category "Menus".
- Internationalization support: externalize and internalize strings, edit
resource bundles, add locales, switch locale used in Design view, in-place-edit
text of current locale.
- Support for events: Add and remove event handlers, generates handler
methods, also usable with runtime library (see documentation of method
FormCreator.setTarget()
for details).
- New "Morph Bean" command allows you to change the class of existing
components without loosing properties, events or layout information.
- Layout manager changing.
- Marquee selection tool.
- Auto-insert new columns/rows when dropping components on a gap
column/row.
- Auto-insert new columns/rows when adding or moving components outside of the
existing grid.
- Improved moving of multiple selected components.
- Keep selection when moving components/columns/rows.
- Column/row splitting introduced.
- When adding a scrollable component, ask the user whether he wants to add a
JScrollPane
as well.
- Made colors of feedback figures in Design view brighter.
- Show tooltips when moving or resizing components.
- Highlight occupied areas under the current mouse location when adding or
moving components.
- The Shift key now behaves the same as the Ctrl key while selecting
components in the Design view.
- Possibility to specify a "Default alignment" for components in a column/row
of
GridBagLayout
and TableLayout
(as already supported
by FormLayout). This is e.g. very useful for columns with right aligned labels
because you specify the alignment only once and all added labels will
automatically aligned to the right.
- Improved BorderLayout support when containing small sized children.
- Improved
JTabbedPane
support: reorder tabs in Design view,
insert new tabs before other tabs.
- Support for
GridLayout
.
- Support for
CardLayout
.
- Support for
JDesktopPane
, JInternalFrame
and
JLayeredPane
.
null
layout manager support.
- Support for non-visual JavaBeans.
java.beans.Customizer
is now supported.
- Support for right-to-left component orientation.
Structure view
- Drag and drop components in tree, drop new components to tree.
- Show events in tree.
- Highlight the tree node of the component which is under the current mouse
location in the Design view.
- Show small overlay icons for component variable modifiers
public
, protected
, default
and
private
in Structure tree in case it is not the default
modifier.
- New tree root node "(form)". When selected, allows specification of form
global options in Properties view.
- "Expand All", "Collapse All" and "Hide Events" commands in toolbar.
Properties view
- Allow property value modification of multiple selected components.
- Remove property value when setting to the default.
- Improved handling or
null
value in property editors.
- "Restore Default Value" command enabled for Layout, Constraints and Code
Generation properties.
- "Set Value to null" command added to popup menu.
- Added "Externalize String" and "Internalize String" commands to popup
menu.
- Mark localized strings with a small globe in the property value.
- Show class hierarchy in tool tip of the "Class" property.
- The combo box to assign a component to the
JLabel.labelFor
property no longer contains JLabels
so that the component list is
shorter, which makes it easier to find the target component.
- Possibility to reference any (non-visual) JavaBean as a property value.
- The
SpinnerModel
editor now supports
javax.swing.SpinnerDateModel
and
javax.swing.SpinnerListModel
.
- Added property editor for
java.awt.Cursor
.
- Added property editor for
javax.swing.KeyStroke
. Supports menu
shortcut modifier key (Command key on Mac OS X, Ctrl key otherwise).
- Improved border editor.
MatteBorder
is now supported.
- Show image dimensions and file size in icon editor.
- Added "Insert Variable" button to custom Java code editors.
- Improved error message of mnemonic property editor.
- Remove property value references to removed components. E.g. when removing a
ButtonGroup object then also the references to this object are removed.
- Made "visible" property of java.awt.Component visible.
- Made "toolBar" property of SimpleInternalFrame visible. Now you can add a
JToolBar to the Design view and assign it to the SimpleInternalFrame in the
Properties view.
Palette
- Palette Manager allows the configuration of the component palette (add,
edit, remove and rearrange categories and beans).
- New "Choose Bean" dialog that allows to search for classes in the classpath,
history and palette.
- "Is Container" check box in "Choose Bean" dialog allows to specify whether a
bean is a container or not.
Preferences
- Added support for custom Look and Feels.
- Added support for custom column/row templates for FormLayout.
- New preferences page "Localization" that allows the specification of
properties, which should not externalized.
- Allow editing of Source Folders and Classpath items.
- Added "Edit" and "Insert Variable" buttons to Java code templates page.
Java code generator
- Generate shorter GridBagConstraints code (pass all values to the
constructor).
- Added template for "Event Handler Body" to preferences.
- Specification of member variable prefix for component variables.
- Specification of default "Variable modifiers" and default "Use Local
Variable" properties used for the whole form.
- Specification of event handler method modifiers (public, protected, private,
etc). You can also use "abstract", which is useful if you subclass form
classes.
- Possibility to generate code, which invokes java.awt.Component.setName() on
all components. Works also in jfd-loader.jar.
- Variables for component fields and types in custom code.
- Modifier "static" for component variables.
- Code generator can now write Eclipse non-nls tags (//$NON-NLS-n$) and
NetBeans no-i18n tags (//NOI18N). Enable it in the Preferences dialog.
- The Java code generator now orders the properties in the same order as you
have set the properties in the Properties view. This makes sure that the
generated code behaves the same as the "Test Form" command and solves problems
where the property set order is important.
- Improved speed of Java code generator about 15%.
Other
- Import NetBeans .form files. Either select "File > Import" from the main
menu or drag .form files to the JFormDesigner window. When saving a imported
NetBeans form, JFormDesigner replaces the NetBeans generated code with its own
code. If using NetBeans, you should remove (and backup) the .form files.
Otherwise NetBeans would again replace the JFormDesigner generated code with its
own code.
- JBuilder plugin to convert jbInit() methods to JFormDesigner forms.
Download: www.jformdesigner.com.
- Clipboard paste improved.
- Changed keyboard shortcut for "Close" to "Ctrl+W" and "Close All" to
"Ctrl+Shift+W".
- Added "Browse..." buttons for choosing class names to several dialogs.
- Linux: Added GNOME window decoration images.
- Better support of dark color themes.
- Possibility to specify persistence delegates
(java.beans.PersistenceDelegate) for property values in property descriptors
(java.beans.PropertyDescriptor). They are used while saving a form to a .jfd
file.
- Now using always the read and write methods specified in the property
descriptors to get and set bean properties.
- Improved error handling for "Test Form" command. You can now see the whole
occurred exception in the Error Log view for easier analysis of the problem.
- Show window size and inner size of "Test Form" frame in window title.
- Improved exception handling when accessing BeanInfos.
- JGradientPanel example bean added (see
<jfd-install>/examples/src/com/jformdesigner/examples/beans/JGradientPanel.java).
- New Windows setup with JRE 5.0 Update 5.
- Updated JRE 1.4 in Windows setup to JRE 1.4.2_09.
- Updated TableLayout.jar to latest release (2005-09-20). Added
TableLayout-javadoc.jar.
- Updated JGoodies Looks to 1.3.2.
Bugs fixed
- Design view: Fixed preferred size calculation of GridBagLayout panels.
- Design view: Improved performance of feedback figure painting.
- Design view: Better auto-numbering of copied components.
- Design view: Keep component sizes when moving components to null layout.
- Design view: Fixed layout problem when adding a
JScrollPane
to
FormLayout
, GridBagLayout
or
TableLayout
.
- Design view: No longer caching icons used in forms.
- Properties view: Fixed wrong display of DLU4_BORDER and DLU7_BORDER.
- Properties view: Fixed minor problem in
TableModel
property
editor.
- Properties view: Removed option EXIT_ON_CLOSE from property
JDialog.defaultCloseOperation.
- Java code generator: Place "Post-Initialization Code" behind setting the
layout manager.
- Java code generator: Fixed import statement merging bug.
- Java code generator: Fixed single-line comment recognition bug in
parser.
- Java code generator: Generate JSplitPane.setTopComponent() and
setBottomComponent() when orientation is VERTICAL_SPLIT.
- Java code generator: Fixed generation of Java code for alpha value of Color
property values.
- Java code generator: Fixed generation of Java code for bevelType of
BevelBorder.
- Fixed appearance of Ocean theme (Java 5).
- Linux: Fixed appearance of JComboBox in Design view when using Ocean theme
(Java 5).
- Linux: Fixed NullPointerException and confusing "Open Form" error message
when using "JGoodies Plastic" or "JGoodies Plastic XP" look and feels.
- Splitter between palette and designer jumps to the left when showing or
hiding the Error Log view.
- Linux: No longer using GTK as application look and feel on GNOME
desktops.
- Windows: Fixed occasional problems with "short" (8+3) filenames when
double-clicking .jfd files in Windows Explorer.
java.beans.Beans.isDesignTime()
returns now always
true
. Previously, it returned false
on "Test Form"
command.
- Fixed class loader problem regarding JIDE components.
- Fixed class loader problem regarding
l2fprod Common Components (requires
2005-01-30 release).
- Fixed some memory leaks.
Important: The .jfd file format has changed
in this release. It is still XML, but some class names and the structure has
changed slightly. This release can read all .jfd files created with previous
releases (1.0 and 2.0 EA), but always writes the new format. The new
jfd-loader.jar runtime library can read old and new .jfd files.
Also the package names of the jfd-loader.jar classes has changed from
com.ktauber.form.runtime
to
com.jformdesigner.runtime
.
1.0.6
- Ported to Mac OS X.
- Fixed: Component variable modifier "final" disabled because it would lead to
compiler errors.
- Fixed: Flag "Container blocks" in Java Code Generator Preferences will now
saved.
1.0.5
- Fixed: Update Preferences dialog and internal states correctly after
importing preferences.
1.0.4
- Fixed generation of Java code for bevelType of BevelBorder.
- Removed option EXIT_ON_CLOSE from property
JDialog.defaultCloseOperation.
- config/persistenceDelegates.conf: fixed wrong example.
- Fixed appearance of Ocean theme (Java 5).
- Fixed generation of Java code for alpha value of Color property values.
- Better support of dark color themes.
- Improved error message of mnemonic property editor.
- Fixed some memory leaks.
1.0.3
- Improved BorderLayout support when containing small sized children.
java.beans.Beans.isDesignTime()
returns now always
true
. Previously, it returned false
on "Test Form"
command.
- Fixed wrong XML encoding when saving a form, which uses "(no border)" (was
introduced in 1.0.1).
- Fixed some minor look and feel paint problems.
1.0.2
- Non-Commercial license.
FormLayout
: Columns/rows with size "default" now shrink in the
design view if space is scare.
GridBagLayout
: Fixed wrong calculation of grid x/y when
removing or moving first column/row.
java.beans.Beans.isDesignTime()
returns now
true
.
- Palette now disabled if no form opened.
- Minor bugs fixed.
1.0.1
- Added property editors for
java.lang.Byte
,
java.lang.Double
, java.lang.Float
,
java.lang.Integer
, java.lang.Long
,
java.lang.Short
, java.math.BigDecimal
and
java.math.BigInteger
.
- Added support for Quest's JClass Field beans.
- Added class
FormSaver
to runtime library
jfd-loader.jar
. This class can be used to convert a proprietary
form specification to a JFormDesigner .jfd file.
- Added support to specify own persistence delegates for custom classes in
property values. See
config/persistenceDelegates.conf
for
details.
- Fixed persistence problems regarding custom classes in property values.
- Fixed problem in
jfd-loader.jar
regarding
SimpleInternalFrame
not showing title.
- Fixed memory leak: Memory of form not freed after closing form.
1.0