WindowBuilder No Longer Available On My Ubuntu Machine

[EDIandXML]

I updated Eclipse over the weekend, and now none of the WindowBuilder functions show up. Prior to this event, I had to reinstall the Gnome Display Manager last Thursday, but all other graphics-based programs are running fine on my Ubuntu box.

WindowBuilder is not available in the Eclipse Wizards.

When I click (Open With...) on the GUI class file I built with the tool, the basic Eclipse editor choices are the only options available.

I have updated the latest WindowBuilder, but it's not working. I removed it and installed the nightly build, but it's not working either.

In the Eclipse Installation details:

Eclipse IDE for Java Developers 4.34.0.20241128-0756 epp.package.java Eclipse Packaging Project
Eclipse Java Development Tools 3.20.0.v20241120-1800 org.eclipse.jdt.feature.group Eclipse.org
Eclipse Platform 4.34.0.v20241120-1800 org.eclipse.platform.feature.group Eclipse.org
...
WindowBuilder Core 1.19.0.202501281906 org.eclipse.wb.core.feature.feature.group Eclipse WindowBuilder
WindowBuilder Core Documentation 1.19.0.202501281906 org.eclipse.wb.doc.user.feature.feature.group Eclipse WindowBuilder
WindowBuilder Core UI 1.19.0.202501281906 org.eclipse.wb.core.ui.feature.feature.group Eclipse WindowBuilder
WindowBuilder GroupLayout Support 1.19.0.202501281906 org.eclipse.wb.layout.group.feature.feature.group Eclipse WindowBuilder
WindowBuilder Java Core 1.19.0.202502161943 org.eclipse.wb.core.java.feature.feature.group Eclipse WindowBuilder
WindowBuilder Swing Designer 1.19.0.202501281906 org.eclipse.wb.swing.feature.feature.group Eclipse WindowBuilder
WindowBuilder Swing Designer Documentation 1.19.0.202501281906 org.eclipse.wb.swing.doc.user.feature.feature.group Eclipse WindowBuilder
WindowBuilder SWT Designer 1.19.0.202501281906 org.eclipse.wb.rcp.feature.feature.group Eclipse WindowBuilder
WindowBuilder SWT Designer Core 1.19.0.202501281906 org.eclipse.wb.swt.feature.feature.group Eclipse WindowBuilder
WindowBuilder SWT Designer Documentation 1.19.0.202501281906 org.eclipse.wb.rcp.doc.user.feature.feature.group Eclipse WindowBuilder
WindowBuilder SWT Designer SWT_AWT Support 1.19.0.202501281906 org.eclipse.wb.rcp.SWT_AWT_support.feature.group Eclipse WindowBuilder

[ptziegler]

From a fresh 2024-12 IDE with the WindowBuilder nightly build on Ubuntu:

When I click (Open With...) on the GUI class file I built with the tool, the basic Eclipse editor choices are the only options available.

In the installation details, can you check whether the org.eclipse.wb.core.ui plugin is included?

Otherwise can you also upload the Eclipse log? Perhaps there is an exception being logged that explains this behavior.

[EDIandXML]

WindowsBuilders in the Installed

but no WindowBuilders in plugins

[EDIandXML]

Looking at the Log, there are no references to WindowBuilder.

[EDIandXML]

I was installing WindowBuilder through Marketplace. I uninstalled it. And installed it via "Available Software." No change, it still doesn't show up in plug-ins.

Here are all the references to "windowbuilder" in the log file:

*** Date: Tuesday, March 4, 2025, 7:57:25 AM Eastern Standard Time

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*** Current Install Configuration:

*** Security Configuration:

[ptziegler]

With so little information I don't really have much to go on... Can you upload the log file in your metadata folder? Or even just what Java version are you using?

The installation details seem to indicate that WindowBuilder has been installed, but none of the plugins can be started. But as for why that's the case I can only speculate on...

[EDIandXML]

Yes, the installation details indicate WindowBuilder is installed, And the plugins page doesn't have WindowBuilder present when Eclipse is running.

The log file doesn't show Eclipse failing to load WindowBuilder.

joe@lenovo:~$ java -version
openjdk version "21.0.6" 2025-01-21
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 21.0.6+7-Ubuntu-124.04.1)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 21.0.6+7-Ubuntu-124.04.1, mixed mode, sharing)

LOG FILE:
!SESSION 2025-03-04 16:24:44.118 -----------------------------------------------
eclipse.buildId=4.34.0.20241128-0756
java.version=21.0.5
java.vendor=Eclipse Adoptium
BootLoader constants: OS=linux, ARCH=x86_64, WS=gtk, NL=en_US
Framework arguments: -product org.eclipse.epp.package.java.product
Command-line arguments: -os linux -ws gtk -arch x86_64 -product org.eclipse.epp.package.java.product

!ENTRY ch.qos.logback.classic 1 0 2025-03-04 16:24:47.516
!MESSAGE Activated before the state location was initialized. Retry after the state location is initialized.

!ENTRY ch.qos.logback.classic 1 0 2025-03-04 16:25:20.872
!MESSAGE Logback config file: /home/joe/livingTheCryptoLife/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.m2e.logback/logback.2.7.0.20241001-1350.xml

!ENTRY org.eclipse.m2e.logback.appender 2 0 2025-03-04 16:26:02.896
!MESSAGE The POM for org.mcv:cripto-switch:jar:0.0.1-SNAPSHOT is missing, no dependency information available

!ENTRY org.eclipse.m2e.logback.appender 2 0 2025-03-04 16:26:02.900
!MESSAGE The artifact mysql:mysql-connector-java:jar:8.0.33 has been relocated to com.mysql:mysql-connector-j:jar:8.0.33: MySQL Connector/J artifacts moved to reverse-DNS compliant Maven 2+ coordinates.

!ENTRY org.eclipse.m2e.logback.appender 2 0 2025-03-04 16:26:04.231
!MESSAGE Using platform encoding (UTF-8 actually) to copy filtered resources, i.e. build is platform dependent!

!ENTRY org.eclipse.m2e.logback.appender 2 0 2025-03-04 16:26:04.239
!MESSAGE Using platform encoding (UTF-8 actually) to copy filtered resources, i.e. build is platform dependent!

!ENTRY org.eclipse.m2e.logback.appender 4 0 2025-03-04 16:26:04.847
!MESSAGE Could not download sources for org.mcv:cripto-switch:0.0.1-SNAPSHOT
!STACK 1
org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException: Could not resolve artifact org.mcv:cripto-switch:jar:sources:0.0.1-SNAPSHOT
at org.eclipse.m2e.core.internal.embedder.MavenImpl.lambda$7(MavenImpl.java:540)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.Worker.run(Worker.java:63)
Contains: Missing org.mcv:cripto-switch:jar:sources:0.0.1-SNAPSHOT
!SUBENTRY 1 org.eclipse.m2e.core 4 -1 2025-03-04 16:26:04.848
!MESSAGE Could not resolve artifact org.mcv:cripto-switch:jar:sources:0.0.1-SNAPSHOT
!SUBENTRY 2 org.eclipse.m2e.core 4 0 2025-03-04 16:26:04.848
!MESSAGE Missing org.mcv:cripto-switch:jar:sources:0.0.1-SNAPSHOT

!ENTRY org.eclipse.m2e.logback.appender 2 0 2025-03-04 16:26:41.315
!MESSAGE The artifact mysql:mysql-connector-java:jar:8.0.33 has been relocated to com.mysql:mysql-connector-j:jar:8.0.33: MySQL Connector/J artifacts moved to reverse-DNS compliant Maven 2+ coordinates.

!ENTRY org.eclipse.m2e.logback.appender 2 0 2025-03-04 16:26:41.496
!MESSAGE Using platform encoding (UTF-8 actually) to copy filtered resources, i.e. build is platform dependent!

!ENTRY org.eclipse.m2e.logback.appender 2 0 2025-03-04 16:26:41.503
!MESSAGE Using platform encoding (UTF-8 actually) to copy filtered resources, i.e. build is platform dependent!

!ENTRY org.eclipse.m2e.logback.appender 2 0 2025-03-04 16:26:43.256
!MESSAGE Using platform encoding (UTF-8 actually) to copy filtered resources, i.e. build is platform dependent!

!ENTRY org.eclipse.m2e.logback.appender 2 0 2025-03-04 16:26:43.260
!MESSAGE Using platform encoding (UTF-8 actually) to copy filtered resources, i.e. build is platform dependent!

[ptziegler]

Thanks. But if there are not even any errors thrown during launch then it looks like, despite what the installation page says, the WindowBuilder plugins are not installed.

Are there any other tools installed that might've conflicted with the installation? What happens if you try to install WindowBuilder directly from the update site?

• https://download.eclipse.org/windowbuilder/updates/release/1.18.0

Does this issue also happen with a fresh IDE where only WindowBuilder is installed?

[EDIandXML]

I have installed WindowBuilder directly from the update site - same results.

I created a new user on the box. Fired up Eclipse and installed WindowBuilder. WindowBuilder came up perfectly. There must be something wrong with my Eclipse configuration in my first environment.

I'm going to remove Eclipse and ..., well, you know the drill.