NetBeansMatisse.pdf

NetBeans GUI Builder

(Matisse)

NetBeans GUI Builder

(Matisse)

Problems with Traditional GUI

Building

• Using Swing APIs and Layout managers is complex

• Resizing and alignment are hard

• Handling of locale is hard

• Providing Look and Feel of a particular OS is hard

Matisse Solves These Problems!

• Create professional forms without deep knowledge of

Swing

• Good looking by default – spacing is handled

according to underlying OS's Look and Feel

• GUI components are added and positioned by drag &

drop, baseline support

• GUI components are grouped together, they react on

neighbor changes

• Form behaves intelligently when resized

• GUI components alignment can be easily controlled

Matisse Features

• Simple and intuitive layout of GUIs without the

complexity of Swing layout managers

• Drag and drop capability

• Automatic form alignment

• Visual guidelines for optimal spacing between

components and alignment of components

• Support for both visual and non-visual forms

• Extensible Component Palette with pre-installed

Swing and AWT components

Matisse Features

• Component Inspector showing a components tree and

properties

• Support for null layout

• In-place editing of text labels of components (labels,

buttons, textfields, etc).

• Full JavaBeans support - installing, using and

customizing (properties, events, customizers)

• Visual JavaBean customization - ability to create forms

from any JavaBean classes

• Built-in support for i18n and a11y

• In-place text label editing