[ANN] JFormDesigner Plug-in Early Access 10

Hello,

a new Early Access release of the JFormDesigner plug-in
for IntelliJ IDEA 5.0 and later (5.1, 6.0 beta) is
available now.

New features in EA10:

• I18n: Two-way synchronization of localized strings in designer and in properties file editors.

• "Delete Locale" command added.

• TableModel property editor now supports java.util.Date as column type.

New features in EA9:

• Convert IntelliJ IDEA or Netbeans .form files to JFormDesigner forms. Select .form file(s) in the Project view and select "Convert to JFormDesigner Form..." from the popup menu to convert forms.

• Column/row headers: Resizing of columns/rows to change (minimum) size.

• Enhanced TableModel editor: Specification of column widths, resizable flag and predefined values for combo box editor.

New features in EA8:

• Java code generator: Renames existing event handler methods when changing the event handler name.

• Java code generator: Renames existing component getter methods and update the return statement when renaming a component.

• Java code generator: Renames existing nested classes when changing the "Nested Class Name" property.

• Java code generator: Updates the extends clause of a class when a morphing bean, which is connected to a (nested) class.

New features in EA7:

• I18n: Updating properties files without loosing comments and order of keys.

• I18n: Template for new properties files.

• I18n: Reload properties files on external changes.

• Localization of javax.swing.Action properties.

• GridBagLayout: New option to use empty GridBagConstraints constructors (for Java <= 1.1).

• null layout manager: move selected components with CtrlArrowKey and change size with ShiftArrowKey. New commands "Make Horizontal/Vertical Space Equal" added to popup menu. All alignment commands have now keyboard shortcuts.

• Java code generator: Determine source compatibility of generated code from project. E.g. if project language level is Java 5, then JFormDesigner generates Java 5 compatible source code. You can change the source compatibility level in the settings.

• Java code generator: Parametrization of component class names (e.g. MyComponent<String>).

• Java code generator: Option to use 'this' to access component member variables.

• Java code generator: Specification of i18n getString() format.

• Updated JGoodies Looks to 2.0.4.

Fixed bugs in EA10:

• Fixed: Using TitledBorder may cause errors on save when IntelliJ IDEA runs on Java 6.

• Fixed exception when removing last column/row in GridBagLayout or TableLayout.

• jfd-loader.jar: Event handler methods not added to windows (JFrame, JDialog, etc) when specifying an owner.

• Minor bugs fixed.

Fixed bugs in EA8:

• Fixed: Using JTabbedPane, JScrollPane, JSplitPane, etc. as superclass for new forms works now as expected.

Fixed bugs in EA7:

• Fixed BeanInfo problem in case that IntelliJ IDEA's GUI builder is used parallel to JFormDesigner (JFormDesigner got dt.jar BeanInfos).

• Java code generator: Fixed generation of uncompilable code when using null layout manager in JFrame.

• Java parser now allows curly brackets outside of class (e.g. for annotations).

See: http://www.jformdesigner.com/idea/
Use the IntelliJ IDEA Plug-in Manager to download and install it.

--
Karl Tauber
FormDev Software
http://www.jformdesigner.com/