Using a Custom Layout Manager

NOTE: This feature is not supported in this release of the IDE. It should be available again in a future release.

You can add custom layout managers to your Form Editor if you follow the specifications of the Layout Manager API to create your layout managers. See the Help choose Bookmarks submenu for information about the IDE's Open APIs, and look for the Layout Manager API.

To install a custom layout manager:

  1. From the main window, choose Tools and choose Add Directory or Tools and choose Add JAR to add the layout manager's source or class to the IDE.
  2. Right-click the layout manager's class in the Explorer and choose Add to Component Palette from the contextual menu.
  3. In the Palette Category dialog box that appears, select the Layouts category and click OK.
See also
Form Editor
Component Palette

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