Lava - The Java GUI Builder

Using the render window

A fairly major advance in Lavas technology is the render window that can be invoked from the View menu. The render window allows you to view the GUI, as interpreted by Java, on the fly without having to save and compile the code.

New Component Dialog

When you run the render window, Lava saves the code for your GUI in a temp file and compiles it. It then creates a test panel containing your GUI and puts it into a dialog for your viewing before deleting the temp files. This allows you to view your GUI as it will finally look as with GridBagLayouts the final GUI is often quite different from what was expected.

NB. The render window is quite slow in appearing due to the fact it has to compile your code etc. Please be patient as Lava may appear to have locked up.

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