The Visual Editor for Java allows you to create and modify application GUIs by manipulating beans in a WYSIWYG editor. The Visual Editor provides both a design and a source view of each class. You can make changes in either one of these views; all changes update both views and are incrementally saved.
Prerequisite: Create a Java project or a project with a Java nature in which to store the class.
The Visual Editor requires either the JRE_LIB variable or the default Java JRE container to be set on a project class path in order to work properly. These are the default entries Eclipse provides for a Java project.
To open an existing class in the Visual Editor:
To create a new class in the Visual Editor:
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Related concepts
Visual Editor for Java
Related tasks
Composing classes visually
Customizing the appearance of the Visual Editor