= DWT Features = 

There was a [http://downloads.dsource.org/projects/dwt/DWT-Features.pdf presentation about DWT features].

There is a [http://www.dsource.org/projects/dwt/wiki/DocLinks collection of documentation links].

== Features from SWT ==

SWT is a cross plattform widget toolkit. See the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Widget_Toolkit Wikipedia article] or the [http://www.eclipse.org/swt/ SWT homepage]. There is also a composition of many [http://www.eclipse.org/swt/widgets/ widget screenshots].

 * native widgets as far as available on the platform: Button, Canvas, Caret, !ColorDialog, Combo, Composite, !CoolBar, !DateTime, Dialog, !DirectoryDialog, !ExpandBar, !FileDialog, !FontDialog, Group, IME, Label, Link, List, Menu, !MessageBox, !ProgressBar, Sash, Scale, !ScrollBar, Shell, Slider, Spinner, !TabFolder, Table, Text, !ToolBar, !ToolTip, Tracker, Tray, Tree
 * emulated widgets: Bullet, CBanner, CLabel, CTabFolder, !PopupList, !SashForm, !ScrolledComposite, !StyledText, !ViewForm
 * own widgets possible
 * various image formats supported GIF, BMP, PNG, JPEG, TIF
 * bidirectional text and upcoming mirrored GUI
 * Drag and Drop with desktop integration
 * IME support
 * Printing support
 * OLE support (windows only)
 * OpenGL can be embedded (needs [http://www.dsource.org/projects/derelict Derelict])
 * Windows and Linux. Mac Cocoa port is work in progress.
 * Browser widget using Mozilla is work in progress.

== Features from JFace ==

=== Resource management ===

 * Registries for finding Images/Colors/Fonts by a string id
 * lazy instantiation and disposal. 
 * !ResourceManagers for reference counted use of resources. 
 * Change notification for Fonts and Colors.

=== Application Preferences ===

 * storage of preference values into files.
 * Preference dialog with easy to code pages
 * many predefined value editors with automatic layout

[[Image(http://downloads.dsource.org/projects/dwt/screenshots/features/JFace-Prefs2.png)]]

[[Image(http://downloads.dsource.org/projects/dwt/screenshots/features/JFace-Prefs.png)]]

=== Widget Decoration ===

 * Shows helpful icons on the edge of widgets

[[Image(http://downloads.dsource.org/projects/dwt/screenshots/features/JFace-Decoration2.png)]]

=== Field Assist ===

 * proposal list for text and combo fields
 * optional icons

[[Image(http://downloads.dsource.org/projects/dwt/screenshots/features/JFace-Proposal3.png)]]

=== Concept of Actions and !ContributionItems ===

 * combine menu entry, toolbar entry, shortcut and the handler code into actions
 * propagates the enable state or the selection state to all visual representations

[[Image(http://downloads.dsource.org/projects/dwt/screenshots/features/ActionEnabled.png)]]

[[Image(http://downloads.dsource.org/projects/dwt/screenshots/features/ActionDisabled.png)]]

=== Long running operation support ===

 * a modal context for long running operations while a progress bar is show
 * optional cancel button
 * !ProgressMontiors to collection progress information (nestable)

=== Viewers ===

 * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model-view-controller Model-View-Controller] for List, Table, Tree
 * separated model handling, visual representation, change management, filtering, sorting, decoration

[[Image(http://downloads.dsource.org/projects/dwt/screenshots/features/JFace-TreeEditing.png)]]

[[Image(http://downloads.dsource.org/projects/dwt/screenshots/features/JFace-TreeDecoration.png)]]


=== !ApplicationWindow with support for JFace concepts ===

[[Image(http://downloads.dsource.org/projects/dwt/screenshots/features/JFace-ApplicationWindow.png)]]

=== Various Dialogs, Popups, Wizards ===

[[Image(http://downloads.dsource.org/projects/dwt/screenshots/features/InputDialog.png)]]

[[Image(http://downloads.dsource.org/projects/dwt/screenshots/features/JFace-ToolTip.png)]]

[[Image(http://downloads.dsource.org/projects/dwt/screenshots/features/WizardProgressbar.png)]]

[[Image(http://downloads.dsource.org/projects/dwt/screenshots/features/JFace-TitleAreaDialog.png)]]


== Features from JFace Text ==

This is the text editor component of Eclipse.
 * Rulers
 * Folding
 * Hovers
 * Syntax highlighning
 * Autocompletion
 * Annotations
 * ...


== Features from Draw2d ==

This is the basis of the GEF project and allows to draw figures that are hierarchical structured.

[[Image(http://downloads.dsource.org/projects/dwt/screenshots/features/UmlExample2.png)]]

== Features from Eclipse Core ==

 * Undoable operations
 * Concurrent background activities, the jobs framework

== Features from Eclipse UI Forms ==

 * Flat Look&Feel
 * Declarative GUI

[[Image(http://downloads.dsource.org/projects/dwt/screenshots/features/FormsExample.gif)]]