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Bug 100517 - Support for Perspectives
Summary: Support for Perspectives
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 129899
Alias: None
Product: platform
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Window System (show other bugs)
Version: 5.x
Hardware: All Windows XP
: P2 blocker (vote)
Assignee: David Simonek
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Reported: 2007-04-10 20:16 UTC by ccocco
Modified: 2008-12-22 11:38 UTC (History)
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Description ccocco 2007-04-10 20:16:22 UTC 
Hi, using the NetBeans Platform outside the NetBeans IDE, to build a stand-
alone Java Swing GUI application, can the TopComponent, Mode, MultiViews, and 
MultiViewPerspective classes be used to produce a set of Perspectives with 
Views that can be docked and dragged around the window content pane, similar 
to Eclipse?  Every piece of documentation I've read refers to this 
functionality with respect to its use inside the NetBeans IDE but I want to 
use the NetBeans Platform API only.  Thanks!

Charlie
Comment 1 David Simonek 2007-04-11 10:40:46 UTC 
Yes of course, TopComponent, Mode are part of the platform and can be used for
purposes you mentioned. But what is MultiViewPerspective? I'm not aware about
such class, where does it live? Thanks.
Comment 2 ccocco 2007-04-11 12:02:17 UTC 
Hi MultiViewPerspective is a class listed in the JavaDoc for the NetBeans 
Platform.  It's used in conjunction with TopComponent, although the 
documentation for it is minimal.

Do you know of a good example of using the NetBeans Platform outside the IDE 
to build a set of Perspectives similar to Eclipse which have a variety of 
views within them that can be docked and moved around?  Either way, I assume 
this is possible implementation to support with the API?

Thanks!
Comment 3 Milos Kleint 2007-04-11 12:06:20 UTC 
multiview perspective is unrelated to window system. It's a way to
programmatically manipulate multiviews. stuff like switching form file editor
from "Design" to "Source".
Comment 4 David Simonek 2007-04-11 16:41:40 UTC 
I see. Well, to build perspectives would be possible, but with lot of work.
Current Window system API doesn't support perspectives, you would have to write
the support yourself.

Currently we have no plan to add support for perspectives in near future, as for
IDE itself it's not so valuable and there was no strong demand yet I believe. We
have our concept of TopComponent groups (TopComponentGroup) which is sufficient
so far. I'm changing summary to "Support for perspectives" and targeting to future.

For further questions about platform, please visit platform.netbeans.org and
mailing lists, this is the right place to ask, not IssueZilla. IssueZilla is for
tracking individual specific requests, thank you.
Comment 5 David Simonek 2008-10-16 15:40:08 UTC 
Marking as duplicate of 129899

*** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of 129899 ***