Standard Widget Graphics for Eclipse

A set of standard graphic objects built into the Standard Widget Toolkit (SWT) from Eclipse, providing both new widget controls and an animation framework that share a common programming model with the existing controls in SWT.

Date Posted: March 1, 2007

Overview Requirements Download FAQs Forum Reviews 1. Is the Standard Widget Graphics compatible with the Standard Widget Toolkit? 2. Can I install and use the Standard Widget Graphics in Eclipse? 3. Why does SWG not support as many platforms as SWT? 4. Can I develop stand-alone applications as I can with SWT? 1. Is the Standard Widget Graphics compatible with the Standard Widget Toolkit? Yes; the SWG is built upon the SWT and is entirely backwards compatible with it. Back to top 2. Can I install and use the Standard Widget Graphics in Eclipse? Yes; we provide an archive as one of the packages that can be downloaded. This archive can be installed into Eclipse, on the platforms supported by SWG, using the "Archived site" installation option. Because SWG uses SWT as its basis, the SWT functionality Eclipse needs will be obtained from this package. Back to top 3. Why does SWG not support as many platforms as SWT? SWG is an exploratory research project. In order to provide graphic controls, some modifications are required to some of the platform-dependent code in SWT. These modifications have been done to the Windows and Linux versions, as well as to the Nokia Series 80 embedded version as a selected set of platforms for "proof of concept." The design point of SWG is for platform independence and therefore requires only these necessary modifications to be implemented on other platforms in order for SWG to work. Back to top 4. Can I develop stand-alone applications as I can with SWT? Yes; the SWG adds new graphic and animation capability to SWT and does not introduce any new external dependencies. Back to top