The Definitive Guide to SWT and JFace

Description

Need to build stand-alone Java applications? The Definitive Guide to SWT and JFace will help you build them from the ground up. The book first runs down the Java GUI toolkit history. Then the book explains why SWT is superior and provides extensive examples of building applications with SWT. You'll come to understand the entire class hierarchy of SWT, and you'll learn to use all components in the toolkit with Java code. Furthermore, the book describes JFace, an additional abstraction layer built on SWT. Demonstrations of building JFace applications are also included and reinforced with thorough explanations and example code. These applications can be used as GUI plug-ins for Eclipse, and they're compatible with the new Eclipse 3.0 application development framework. Front Matter....Pages i-xix Front Matter....Pages xxi-xxi Evolution of Java GUIs....Pages 1-6 Getting Started with Eclipse....Pages 7-25 Front Matter....Pages 27-27 Your First SWT Application....Pages 29-47 Layouts....Pages 49-96 Widgets....Pages 97-149 Events....Pages 151-168 Dialogs....Pages 169-211 Advanced Controls....Pages 213-277 The Custom Controls....Pages 279-368 Graphics....Pages 369-434 Displaying and Editing Text....Pages 435-496 Advanced Topics....Pages 497-540 Front Matter....Pages 541-541 Your First JFace Application....Pages 543-550 Creating Viewers....Pages 551-606 JFace Dialogs....Pages 607-647 User Interaction....Pages 649-699 Using Preferences....Pages 701-737 Editing Text....Pages 739-772 Miscellaneous Helper Classes....Pages 773-791 Creating Wizards....Pages 793-824 Back Matter....Pages 825-840