WindowBuilder Blank tab

[Poojav23]

I am having a similar problem to #165 and #45. However, pasting old code into a new file and opening it with WindowBuilder did not fix the issue. Additionally, using the previous fix of adding "--illegal-access=permit" to the ini file is not applicable as that was already in it for me. Also re-installing the software did not help. I have attached a screenshot of the blank screen that happens both when opening a previous project w WindowBuilder and a new one. I am using JDK 17 with WindowBuilder 1.9.8. Any help would be greatly appreciated

[lcaron]

Sorry for this trouble. Can you please provide your OS, the JDK you use (Oracle, ...) and the version of Eclipse ?
Do you have any trace in the error log ?

[Poojav23]

I am using macOS Mojave(Version 10.14.6). I am using Oracle JDK 17.0.1. The Eclipse version is 4.22.0. Please let me know if you need any other info to troubleshoot this issue.

[wimjongman]

Please attach the file that you are trying to work with.

[wimjongman]

Also press CTRL+3 -> type 'copy configuration data to clipboard' -> paste in a text file, attach here (do not paste in a comment).

[Poojav23]

I have attached one of the many files that were created with windowbuilder, but are no longer allowing me to edit using the design tab.
ViewClient.java.zip
Also here is the configuration data:
configs.txt

[lcaron]

Thank you for your feeback.
In your configuration file it seems that you use an older version of WB
org.eclipse.wb.core (1.10.1.202106041225) "WindowBuilder Core" [Active]
org.eclipse.wb.core.databinding (1.9.1.202106041225) "WindowBuilder Databinding Core" [Starting]
org.eclipse.wb.core.java (1.9.2.202106041225) "WindowBuilder Core for Java GUI's" [Active]
org.eclipse.wb.core.lib (1.9.1.202106041225) "WindowBuilder Core Libraries" [Active]
org.eclipse.wb.core.ui (1.10.0.202106041225) "WindowBuilder Core UI" [Starting]
org.eclipse.wb.doc.user (1.9.1.202106041225) "WindowBuilder User Guide" [Starting]

Can you try to uninstall WB and re-install version 19.8 : https://download.eclipse.org/windowbuilder/1.9.8/ ?

Laurent

[Poojav23]

I already uninstalled and installed that version of windbowbuilder using the eclipse marketplace as shown in the attached screenshot:

Would uninstalling it again and downloading from that link instead make a difference?

[wimjongman]

First uninstall WB and restart. Then make sure that all the wb plugins are removed from the configuration. As long as this is not the case, you have a corrupted installation.

For quick test, you can install Eclipse 4.23 fresh from https://eclipse.org/downloads and then install windowbuilder either from marketplace or from the update site ^^ and then see if the problem persists.

Your problems are 100% caused by the old wb plugins. They are not part of our 1.9.8 installation.

[wimjongman]

You can uninstall by using help/about -> installation details find the wb features and uninstall them.

[Poojav23]

This is a screenshot of my eclipse.ini file. I don't see any mention of windowbuilder is it called something else in the installation details? Also would just taking out those lines be enough to uninstall the plugin or should I additionally uninstall it from within eclipse?

[wimjongman]

You can look at the configuration with

help/about -> Installation Details -> Configuration Tab

[Poojav23]

I completely uninstalled it:

The windowbuilder details from the config file were still there however:

Could this be the issue because when I reinstalled it using the url the bug was still there? If so how do I take this out of the configs(as opposed to uninstalling the software the traditional way) as the path from help/about -> Installation Details -> Configuration Tab does not allow for editing and just deleting the windowbuilder involved section.

[wimjongman]

You can remove the bundles from the plugins directory, the dropins directory, and the bundles.info file eclipse\configuration\org.eclipse.equinox.simpleconfigurator\bundles.info

Then restart with

 eclipse.exe -clean

Please note that this is unusual.

[GriffonTheorist697]

I don't know if my situation is the same as yours or Woah Nelly's, but I had this problem and I found a solution for it. While creating my class BoardWindow that extended JFrame, I attempted to pass in a parameter for a custom GameSimulator object I made. While updating WindowBuilder did not fix the issue, I did notice that WindowBuilder still worked fine if I created a new project. I then took out the parameter from the BoardWindow constructor and I made the GameSimulator into a singleton. After that, the WindowBuilder displayed my frame and components again!

Hope this helps!