Create GUI using Eclipse (Java)

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Wassim AZIRAR picture Wassim AZIRAR · Jun 30, 2011 · Viewed 171.4k times · Source

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Best GUI designer for eclipse?

Is there any Eclipse Plugin tool(s) who can help to create Graphical User Interface for (swing, awt or swt), because I'm tired of writing everytime the code of Panels, Labels, ...

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Grzegorz Szpetkowski picture Grzegorz Szpetkowski · Jun 30, 2011

Yes. Use WindowBuilder Pro (provided by Google). It supports SWT and Swing as well with multiple layouts (Group layout, MiGLayout etc.) It's integrated out of the box with Eclipse Indigo, but you can install plugin on previous versions (3.4/3.5/3.6):

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