The design pane is the design surface of the UI designer, one of JBuilder's visual design tools. You use the design pane to assemble your program's user interface.
To display the UI designer and JBuilder's other visual design tools, double-click a visually designable .java
file in the project pane, such as a Frame
, Panel
, Applet
, or Dialog
file. Then, choose the Design tab at the bottom of the content pane.
The UI designer allows you to
Right-click in the UI designer to display the UI designer pop-up menu.
To return to the the UI designer after opening another designer, such as the menu designer, double-click any component in the UI folder in the component tree, or select it and press Enter.
For help on a component, select it in the designer or the component tree and press F1.
See also