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Where to find Design Tab [message #1791257]

Tue, 26 June 2018 21:58

Eclipse User

I can't find the design tab anywhere, any hint?

Re: Where to find Design Tab [message #1791677 is a reply to message #1791257]

Tue, 03 July 2018 23:55

Eclipse User

The Design tab is next to the Source tab at the bottom of the WindowBuilder Editor.

Re: Where to find Design Tab [message #1795161 is a reply to message #1791677]

Mon, 17 September 2018 09:14

Eclipse User

I have the same issue. Just installed Photon and after wading through various issues like marketplace not working if there is a space in the path I installed WindowBuilder Pro from

http://download.eclipse.org/windowbuilder/lastgoodbuild/

I am running on a Mac using MacOS High Sierra and JDK (build 1.8.0_181-b13)

I open an existing java source file using Open with window builder editor and all I get is the source tab - there is no design tab.

I can provide further information if you let me know what you need.

I was testing using a clean install of photon with WindowBuilder Pro and JasperStudio. I imported the Oxygen project into a fresh workspace.

Dave

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Re: Where to find Design Tab [message #1795170 is a reply to message #1795161]

Mon, 17 September 2018 13:20

Eclipse User

Did you see the announcement in this forum by Wim Jongman? I quote:

The official download site can be found here:
https://www.eclipse.org/windowbuilder/download.php

Re: Where to find Design Tab [message #1795171 is a reply to message #1795170]

Mon, 17 September 2018 13:23

Eclipse User

Yes - I saw that.

It takes you to a page where you find the link I posted/

Dave

Re: Where to find Design Tab [message #1795246 is a reply to message #1795171]

Wed, 19 September 2018 03:53

Eclipse User

Hey Dave,

There are many editors that compete on the same file extension. By default, java files will be opened by the java editor. To open with the windowbuilder editor, right click on a java file and select "Open With/Windowbuilder editor".

After the source is opened once with this editor, Eclipse will remember it.

Cheers,

Wim

Re: Where to find Design Tab [message #1795247 is a reply to message #1795246]

Wed, 19 September 2018 04:08

Eclipse User

Hi Dave,

Apologies, I did not read your post good enough. You already do that. First, lastgoodbuild might be the last good build but it is inherently unstable. If you choose to live on the bleeding edge then I salute you.

Please first close all existing editors and then retry open with windowbuilder.

If that fails the please check the error log view. If it contains suspicious content then file a bug by clicking here [1] and attach the log which can be exported from the error log view. Also attach your configuration which is hidden here:
help/about/installation details/configuration tab/copy to clipboard

while you wait for our triage, the next option is:
Restart eclipse once with the -clean option. Then try the above again.

and then:
Uninstall the lastgoodbuild and work with the latest stable 1.9.1 release.

Cheers,

Wim

[1] https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/enter_bug.cgi?product=WindowBuilder

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