Palette

 The Palette provides quick access to toolkit-specific components as well as any custom components installed by the user. The Palette is organized into categories which may be expanded, collapsed or hidden. Different palettes are provided for SWT, Swing and GWT.

To add a components to the Design View, you can:

  • Select it in the palette and drop it on the Design View or Component Tree by clicking in the desired location.
  • Use the Choose Component command to select the widget type from Choose Component dialog.
Multiple widgets of the same type may be added to the Design View by holding down the Ctrl key when selecting the widget in the Palette.

The palette may be customized by right-clicking anywhere in the palette to access the palette context menu or by opening the Palette Manager dialog..

The following commands are common to every palette:

  • Selection
  • Marquee
  • Choose
  • Tab Order
 Palette context menu

Common Palette Commands

Icon

Menu Name

Description
Selection Select one or more widgets. Hold the Shift or Ctrl key down to select multiple widgets.

Selection
Marquee Rubber band select multiple widgets. Hold the Alt key and start dragging to automatically activate the Marquee tool.

Marquee
Choose Adds a component to the editor. Enter the name of the class or select it from the history list. You can right-click on an item in the list to Remove from History.

Choose Bean  Choose Composite
Tab Order Set the tab order of the components.

Tab Order

The position of the Palette may be configured via drag and drop. The Palette may be docked to either the left or right side of the Design View. The Palette may also be collapse and expanded on demand.

Move Palette  Collpase Palette

The Palette is also available as a standalone view.

Show View dialog  Palette view