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| Animated transitions |
Animated transitions on layout changes in Design
view are not just cool, they also help you to better see what happens
on changes.
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| Relative font specification |
Derived fonts are computed based on the
default font of the component (from the current look and feel). They
are recommended if you just need a
bold/italic or a larger/smaller font (e.g. for titles) because they are
platform independent. If your
application runs on several look and feels (e.g. several operating
systems), derived fonts ensure that the font family stays consistent.
In the Properties view, you
can quickly change the style (bold and
italic) and the size of the font.
In the custom editor you can choose one of the tabs to specify
either absolute fonts, derived fonts or fonts defined in the look and
feel.
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| JBuilder plug-in |
The JBuilder
plug-in fully integrates JFormDesigner into JBuilder 2005 and 2006.
For JBuilder 2007 use the Eclipse
plug-in.
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Baseline alignment
(Java 6) |
Baseline alignment, which was introduced to GridBagLayout and FlowLayout in Java 6, is now
supported. Components are vertically aligned along the baseline of the
prevailing row.
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| Spinner editor for numbers |
For numbers, a spinner editor in the Properties view makes it now
easier to increase or
decrease the value using the arrow buttons or Up
and Down keys.
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| Quicker component aligning |
In grid-based layout managers (e.g. FormLayout),
you can now quicker change the alignment of selected components because
the alignment commands are now directly in the context menu and no
longer in submenus.
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| Native libraries support |
You can now use JavaBeans that use native
libraries
(e.g. JOGL). Add the JAR files and the native libraries to the new Native Library Paths
preferences page. |
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| Switch locale at runtime in your application |
The Java code generator can now put the code to
initialize localized texts into a method initComponentsI18n(). You
can invoke this method from your code to switch the locale of a form at
runtime. Enable this option either globally in the Localization (Java
Code Generator) preferences or per form. |
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| Improved Preferences import and export |
Introduced the possibility to export only
parts
of the preferences. Also "Import"
and "Export" buttons have been added
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). Now you can
exchange JFormDesigner preferences across all editions. |
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| Runtime library open sourced |
The JFormDesigner runtime
library jfd-loader.jar, which can be
used to load .jfd files at runtime, is now open source licensed under
the BSD license. |
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