Working with SWT in the visual editor

The visual editor helps you develop applications using Standard Widgets Toolkit (SWT).

When you use the visual editor to create a new visual class based on an SWT composite or shell, the SWT library is added to the project's Java build path, and the visual editor palette will include the supported SWT controls and containers. You can also manually add the library on the Java Build Path page of the project properties (right-click the project and select Properties). Remember that SWT controls and containers can only be used with SWT applications.

The topics in the SWT Programmer Reference section are taken from the Platform Plug-In Developer Guide and discuss SWT API reference in more detail.

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