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An Eclipse Nebula widgets primer

A quick guide to Eclipse Nebula's Grid, CDateTime, CompositeTable, PGroup and PShelf widgets

Scott Delap (scott@clientjava.com), President, Rich Client Solutions Inc.
Scott Delap is president of Rich Client Solutions Inc., a software consulting firm focusing on technologies such as Swing, Eclipse RCP, GWT, Flex, and Open Laszlo. He is actively involved in the Java community, speaking at events such as NFJS, QCon and JavaOne. He is also the Java editor of InfoQ.com and runs ClientJava.com, a portal focused on desktop Java development.
Barry Livingston (iblivin@gmail.com), Senior Software Engineer, MichaelDKelly.com
Barry Livingston has been developing software for more than eight years. A specialist in rich client development, he is focused on client technologies such as Swing and Eclipse RCP. Active in the Java community, he has often partnered with Rich Client Solutions to provide high-quality rich client development and consulting services to a variety of clients.

Summary:  The SWT toolkit offers a robust interface to the native widgets of the operating system it's running on. However, native widgets often aren't enough. The Eclipse Nebula project is working to bridge this gap with custom widgets for functionality, including calendaring and advanced tables. This tutorial demonstrates five Nebula widgets, including Grid, CDateTime, CompositeTable, PGroup, and PShelf.

Date:  17 Apr 2007
Level:  Intermediate
PDF:  A4 and Letter (1206 KB | 47 pages)Get Adobe® Reader®

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The Standard Widget Toolkit (SWT) provides access to the native widgets of an operating system via Java technology, but the widgets available don't solve every need. The Eclipse Nebula project provides nine widgets to help answer common UI programming needs. This tutorial has demonstrated five of Nebula's nine widgets, including Grid, CDateTime, CompositeTable, PGroup, and PShelf. SWT includes support for advanced widgets, such as date selectors, shelves, and groups. Using the Composite Table and Grid, you can also generate complicated table layouts. Check out the Resources for more information.

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