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Change which components appear on top in WindowBuilder editor [message #769276]

Wed, 21 December 2011 12:50

Eclipse User

I have overlapping panels in windowsbuilder pro for eclipse, is there any way to change their ordering without moving them. I just want to be able to edit the controls on the panel underneath. Thanks

Re: Change which components appear on top in WindowBuilder editor [message #769302 is a reply to message #769276]

Wed, 21 December 2011 14:00

Eclipse User

If these panels are overlapping, WindowBuilder will show them as such, because we show actual UI.
There are no feature right now to change order of component at design time only, at least for generic container.
We have something like this for JTabbedPane, StackLayout, etc.

So, you can not edit components visually, but you can use components tree to select them and change properties.

Re: Change which components appear on top in WindowBuilder editor [message #769331 is a reply to message #769302]

Wed, 21 December 2011 15:33

Eclipse User

If you are using Swing, you should use CardLayout to handle overlapping panels.

For SWT, use StackLayout just as Konstantin suggested.

Re: Change which components appear on top in WindowBuilder editor [message #769546 is a reply to message #769331]

Thu, 22 December 2011 04:52

Eclipse User

Thanks for the help guys!

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