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Control handles offset from controls in WindowBuilder [message #1837783]

Sat, 06 February 2021 10:27

Doug Hutcheson

Messages: 16
Registered: January 2018

Junior Member

Newly installed Eclipse For Java Developers 2020/12.

Teaching myself WindowBuilder.

When I add a control to a window, the control handles are vertically displaced a considerable distance below the control in question. This happens with every control I have tried. See attached screen captures.

I am evaluating four different IDEs: Eclipse, NetBeans, Qt and Android Studio. The problem only appears with Eclipse.

It will be very hard to build a complex UI this way. Obviously something is wrong and it could well be a setting I have missed, being a new user of Eclipse.

If anyone can point me to a solution I will owe her or him a virtual beer / coffee / back rub ...

Fedora 33 Linux, Gnome 3.x, X window manager, Core i7, 16Gb RAM, 1Tb disk.

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Re: Control handles offset from controls in WindowBuilder [message #1837788 is a reply to message #1837783]

Sat, 06 February 2021 12:27

David Garratt

Messages: 42
Registered: July 2011

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What layout are you using. In my project, I use "absolute" which will no doubt make some of the purists cringe. Also have a look at the layers in the class structure - I add my objects to a DesktopPane and I use the Metal Look and Feel on my Mac

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Re: Control handles offset from controls in WindowBuilder [message #1837795 is a reply to message #1837783]

Sat, 06 February 2021 20:28

David Garratt

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Registered: July 2011

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When it comes to generating a complex gui - have a look at my project which was created using Eclipse and WindowBuilder Pro

https://www.commander4j.com

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Re: Control handles offset from controls in WindowBuilder [message #1837796 is a reply to message #1837795]

Sun, 07 February 2021 02:20

Doug Hutcheson

Messages: 16
Registered: January 2018

Junior Member

Hi David.

Thanks for your replies. Your level of complexity is what I expect to be able to achieve, so it is frustrating that control placement is such an issue.

The problem exists in all layouts and all control families.

I have lodged it as a bug at bugzilla, but I am confident it is not a bug but rather a setting I have missed somewhere. It will be interesting to see what the good folks over there come up with. :)

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