What is Jvider?

Jvider is GUI builder tool for Java™ Swing applications. With Jvider you can easily design and build graphical user interfaces for your Java™ applets and applications.

Why Jvider?

Jvider is fully visual GUI builder tool for Java™ Swing applications. This tool is platform independent and runs on all environments that support Java™ Virtual Machine (VM).

Jvider features:

• Easy understandable interface
• Draggable and resizable components
• Source code generation for Java™
• Source code ready to use for a frame, dialog or applet
• - and much more ...

Read more in:

• How Jvider was born
• A Unique Concept of GUI Builder's GUI
• What users have to say about Jvider

What are system requirements?

• Java™ Runtime Environment 1.4 or later

How to install Jvider?

download Jvider, extract archive to chosen directory.

What SWING components supports Jvider?

Jvider supports these components:

• JPanel
• JButton
• JToggleButton
• JCheckBox
• JRadioButton
• JTextField
• JTextArea
• JLabel
• JTable
• JComboBox
• JList
• JTabbedPane
• JProgressBar
• JSlider
• JTree
• JSplitPane
• JSpinner
• JToolBar

How do the Weight, Fill and Anchor toggles relate to each other?

• Weight toggles define how the cell is acting when extra space in the window is available.
  Let's say selecting Weight X means that if there is more space horizontally than required for the component the cell will expand and occupy it.
• Fill toggles define how the component is acting when extra space in the cell is available.
  Let's say selecting Fill H means that if there is more space in the cell horizontally than required for the component the component will expand and occupy it.
• Anchor toggles define where the component is placed in the cell if it is not occupying the whole cell space.
  So Anchor values have effect only if Fill toggle is not set.

Click here to download an example design that may help you to understand those toggles. You need to open it with Jvider, select OK button and play with Fill and Anchor toggles. Other buttons are there just to keep the cell of OK button expanded. Effect of Weight toggles you will see only when resizing Test window.