Early Access

Early Access (EA) means that you can download and test-drive lastest builds of the next JFormDesigner release. This is preview software. Use it at your own risk.

JFormDesigner 4.0 Early Access

IDE plug-ins	Version	Size	Date
Eclipse (3.1, 3.2, 3.3 or 3.4; JBuilder 2007 or 2008)	4.0-ea7	7.4 MB	2008-07-02
Eclipse Archived Update Site	4.0-ea7	7.4 MB	2008-07-02
IntelliJ IDEA (5.0, 5.1, 6.0 or 7.0)	4.0-ea7	7.2 MB	2008-07-02
JBuilder (2005 or 2006)	4.0-ea7	7.6 MB	2008-07-02
Stand-alone
Windows Setup	4.0-ea7	7 MB	2008-07-02
Windows Setup with JRE 6.0 Update 6	4.0-ea7	18.3 MB	2008-07-02
Windows Setup with JRE 5.0 Update 15	4.0-ea7	16.1 MB	2008-07-02
Windows Setup with JRE 1.4.2_17	4.0-ea7	14.3 MB	2008-07-02
Mac OS X 10.4 Universal Binary (requires Java 5.0 or later)	4.0-ea7	7.2 MB	2008-07-02
Mac OS X 10.3	4.0-ea7	7.2 MB	2008-07-02
Linux and other platforms	4.0-ea7	7.2 MB	2008-07-02

Note: This build expires on 2008-08-01. Another preview build or the final release is expected before this date.

• System Requirements
• Installation

Changes

EA7 (2008-07-02)

• Convert Abeille forms to JFormDesigner forms.
• Improved keyboard navigation in Design view.
• Minor improvements for GroupLayout support.
• Help updated.
• Bug fixes.

EA6 (2008-06-06)

• IntelliJ IDEA and Eclipse plug-ins: The improved conversion of IntelliJ IDEA forms now removes IDEA's GUI code (e.g. $$$setupUI$$$() method and component fields) and also uses the same modifiers (public, private, protected, etc) for the new component fields as the removed fields. This makes the migration from IntelliJ IDEA GUI builder to JFormDesigner seamless.
• Support for custom borders.
• Support for JTable.selectionMode property fixed.
• Bug fixes.

EA5 (2008-05-22)

• Support for JTable.selectionMode property.
• Improved NetBeans form conversion (support for NetBeans 6.x).
• Bug fixes.

EA4 (2008-04-30)

• Java code generator: Support custom code indentation. The IDE plug-ins are using the IDE code style settings of the project or workspace. The stand-alone edition provides a "Code Style" preferences page.
• Updated JRE 6.0 in Windows setup to JRE 6.0 Update 6.
• Updated JRE 5.0 in Windows setup to JRE 5.0 Update 15.
• Updated JRE 1.4 in Windows setup to JRE 1.4.2_17.
• Bug fixes.

EA3 (2008-03-03)

• JGoodies Forms 1.2 support.
• Support for SwingX HorizontalLayout and VerticalLayout.
• Improved usability of SpinnerModel property editor.
• I18n: Added localization preferences option "Delete messages only if key prefix is equal to form's key prefix", which is on by default.

EA2 (2008-01-09)

• Support for SwingX DropShadowBorder.
• Improved NetBeans form conversion (ListModel, SpinnerModel and ComponentRef).
• Fixed: Java code generator inserted unnecessary '}' at end of initComponents() in NetBeans 5.5+ generated .java files.
• Fixed: GroupLayout generation style "(use source compatibility)" ("Layout Manager" preferences) works now as expected.

EA1 (2007-12-20)

• GroupLayout support (as in NetBeans GUI builder aka project Matisse).
• Updating class name cache of "Choose Bean" dialog is now done in the background.
• Java code generator: Support for JGoodies factory components text initialization in initComponentsI18n() method, which can be used to switch locale at runtime (requires JGoodies Forms 1.2).