:: Visual Builders ::

Find here a list of visual builder tools that support the JGoodies FormLayout. These vary in price, concepts, general features, visual feedback, and support for additional Forms features like factories and non-visual builders.

Commercial Builders

JFormDesigner is an advanced visual designer that supports the FormLayout and other layout managers. It supports several Forms helper classes. Plug-ins for Eclipse and IntelliJ IDEA are available, plug-ins for NetBeans, JDeveloper, and JBuilder are under development.

Mindsilver's GUIDE is an advanced GUI builder for Swing.

Intellij IDEA includes an advanced GUI designer that support the JGoodies FormLayout and other layout managers.

JAXFront generates dynamic user interfaces based on an XML schema.

The Jigloo GUI builder is a plugin for Eclipse and WebSphere Studio. It supports the FormLayout and other layout managers. Jigloo is free for non-commercial use, but commercial use requires purchasing a Professional License.

Free Builders

Google's WindowBuilder Pro is an advanced visual designer for Swing and SWT that supports the FormLayout and the Forms helper classes, as well as a bunch of other layout managers for Swing and SWT. The WindowBuilder Pro comes as an Eclipse plugin.

Abeille Forms Designer is a GUI builder that supports the FormLayout.

Form Layout Maker supports the FormLayout and generates XML files that contain all constraints.

The Mogwai FormMaker is another visual form editing tool for developing Swing forms using the JGoodies FormLayout.