WindowBuilder is a tool that can be used to create graphical user interface (GUI) components in the Eclipse IDE. To install WindowBuilder on Eclipse, you can follow these steps:
Start Eclipse and go to the Help
menu.
Click on Install New Software
.
In the Work with
field, enter the URL for the WindowBuilder update site, depending on your version of Eclipse:
For Eclipse 4.8 (Photon) or later: http://download.eclipse.org/windowbuilder/latest/
For Eclipse 4.7 (Oxygen) or earlier: http://download.eclipse.org/windowbuilder/WB/release/
Click Add
.
In the Name
field, enter a name for the update site (e.g. "WindowBuilder").
Select the WindowBuilder
component and click Next
.
Follow the prompts to accept the terms of the license agreement and complete the installation.
Restart Eclipse when prompted.
After installation, you can create a new GUI component by going to the File
menu and selecting New
> Other
. In the New
dialog, select the WindowBuilder
category and the type of component you want to create (e.g. Swing Designer
> JFrame
).
For more information on installing WindowBuilder on Eclipse, you can refer to the WindowBuilder documentation.