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Bug 352812

Summary:	Sync changes in a Swing widget's variable name to the value of the key in the i18n "Externalized Strings".
Product:	z_Archived	Reporter:	Basil Bourque <basil.bourque.lists>
Component:	WindowBuilder	Assignee:	Konstantin Scheglov <Konstantin.Scheglov>
Status:	CLOSED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	P3	CC:	clayberg
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
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Description Basil Bourque

2011-07-22 01:16:05 EDT

Feature Request for WindowBuilder…

By default in i18n, when WindowBuilder externalizes strings, the string's key is the variable name of the Swing widget (JButton, JTextField, etc.). Unfortunately, if the programmer later changes the widget's variable name, the key is not kept in sync. 

Please add a feature when either of these routes to changing a widget's variable name is chosen:
• Editing the "Variable" property in the property sheet of the Design View.
• Choosing the context menu item "Rename" on the widget.

JFormDesigner from FormDev.com does this very well, if you want to see an example.

--Basil Bourque

Comment 1 Konstantin Scheglov

2011-10-19 15:06:55 EDT

Done in trunk.
It is not enabled by default, see preferences Swing | Code Generation | NLS.
"Rename keys on component variable change"