Additions to the Java Editor

Scout uses the standard Java Editor of the Eclipse IDE. To ease the development, the Scout SDK provides additional features for the Java Editor.

To create new Scout Elements, content assist offers Scout specific propsals. The Eclipse content assist can be started by typing Ctrl+Space. Depending on the location of the current position in the Java editor context specific Scout propoals are added that trigger the creation of inner classes for form fields, table columns or codes.

Create new Form Fields

To add additional form fields to a form the current edit position needs to be inside of a Scout group box. Typing Ctrl+Space then provides access to the most frequently used Scout widgets as shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1. Proposals to create new form fields in a GroupBox

When a template is selected, it is possible to customized it by navigating between the different Edit-Groups with the Tab Key (this works exactly like other templates in the Eclipse Editor). With this mechanism you can quickly define the class name, the parent class and other properties. To exit the Edit-Mode just press Enter.

Create new Table Columns

For adding new columns in a table the set the current edit position inside a Scout table. The Scout table itself may be located inside of a TableField as shown in Figure 2 or can also be located inside of a Scout TablePage.

Figure 2. Proposals to create new columns in a Table

Next to adding columns the content assist shown in Figure 2 can also be used to add key stroke actions and menus to tables.

Create new Codes

Adding new Codes to an existing CodeType is supported by the content assist as shown in Figure 3.

Figure 3. Proposals to create new codes in a CodeType

NLS-Entry support

When the the current edit position is inside the String parameter of the TEXTS.get() code, the content assist provide support for the NLS entries. Figure 4 provides an example.

Figure 4. Proposals corresponding to NLS Support.

You can select one of the matching entries (like "DateOfBirth" in the example) and you will see the different translations on the right.

You can select "New text…" to open the NLS Entry Wizard.

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