The AppBrowser contains various elements. Select a link to learn more about an element. The image below displays the elements.
Select one of the links below for help on a specific AppBrowser topic.
| AppBrowser Element | Additional Views | Description |
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| JBuilder main menu | These include pull-down menus on the main menu bar, such as File, Edit, Search, View, Project, Run, and so on. | |
| Content pane | Contains many views, such as the source, design, Bean, and documentation views. These views and their features vary by JBuilder edition. | |
| Source | Displays the source code of the open file in the editor. | |
| Design | Displays several designers for the open file. Use the designer to visually design files that inherit from java.awt.Container. |
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| Bean | Exposes the BeansExpress property, event, BeanInfo, and property editor designers. Read-only in JBuilder Personal. | |
| UML | The UML tab displays a UML browser for viewing and navigating UML diagrams of the selected class or package. This is a feature of JBuilder Enterprise. | |
| Doc | Shows the API reference documentation (if available) for the class that is opened in the content pane. | |
| History | Displays information that helps you manage revisions of files. Features vary by JBuilder edition. | |
| View | Displays the opened HTML file, XML document, or image file in a browser or image viewer in the content pane. | |
| Web View | Displays the output from your running web file, such as JSPs, servlets, SHTML, and HTML. JBuilder Professional and Enterprise. | |
| Web View Source | Displays raw HTML. JBuilder Professional and Enterprise. | |
| WebApp DD Editor | Displays an editor for the web.xml deployment descriptor file of a WebApp. JBuilder Professional and Enterprise. |
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| Transform View | The Transform View tab displays a browser view of the transformed XML document with an XSL stylesheet applied. JBuilder Professional and Enterprise. | |
| Transform View Source | The Transform View Source tab displays the source code of the transformed XML document. JBuilder Professional and Enterprise. | |
| EJB Designer | The EJB Designer tab displays the EJB Designer, which you use to create EJB 2.0 components. This is a feature of JBuilder Enterprise. | |
| EJB DD Source | The EJB DD Source tab displays the source code of the deployment descriptors JBuilder creates for you as you build your enterprise beans. This is a feature of JBuilder Enterprise. | |
| EJB DD Editor | The EJB DD Editor tab displays the Deployment Descriptor editor. You use the Deployment Descriptor editor to make changes to an EJB's deployment descriptors. This is a feature of JBuilder Enterprise. | |
| Project pane | Displays the contents of the active project. | |
| Structure pane | Displays the structure of the file currently selected in the content pane. | |
| Message pane | Displays various processes, such as compiler messages, search results, debugger UI, refactoring, unit testing, and version control. | |
| Debugger UI | The user interface for the debugger. | |
| Status bars | Three status bars in the AppBrowser display messages: main status bar, file status bar, and message status bar. |