A GUI designer plugin for the Eclipse IDE, allowing Java developers to visually design Swing user interfaces with drag-and-drop functionality.
Visual Swing for Eclipse is a feature-rich GUI designer and code generator plugin for the popular Eclipse IDE. It enables Java developers to rapidly create professional-looking Swing GUI applications by visually designing the user interfaces instead of writing Swing layout code manually.
With Visual Swing, you can drag-and-drop Swing components like buttons, tables, trees, menus, etc. onto a GUI builder workspace. It generates the underlying Swing code automatically while allowing full customization of the source code. The integrated Swing visual designer simplifies building complex layouts and guarantees no visual-code discrepancy.
Key features include a drag-and-drop visual designer, automatic Swing code generation, customizable templates and themes, design preview modes, GUI testing tools, support for MigLayout, etc. It saves significant development time and eliminates the need to build UIs programmatically.
Visual Swing for Eclipse simplifies and accelerates creating Java GUIs across platforms. It is a proven solution for increasing team productivity on Swing projects of all sizes and complexities.