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Is there any Eclipse plugin that will allow me to do a Visual Studio like drag-and-drop for JSF components on a web page? So I won't have to write <f:input...> and the tool would just create this code for me?

If not eclipse, are there are other options?

(I do not plan to actually use something like this but I do need to know).

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Mat be the JSF page Designer (or now "Web Page Editor") could do what you want?
It is illustrated in this myeclipse page

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As mentioned in this thread, you can make the Visual Page Designer the default editor for JSP pages

The JSF Tools Project-contributed Web Page Editor is NOT registered as the default editor for JSP files.
You can make the WPE the default editor for JSP files by following these steps:

  • Navigate to "Window" -> "Preferences..." -> "General" -> "Editors" -> "File Associations"
  • In the "File types" section, select "*.jsp"
  • In the "Associated editors" section, select "Web Page Editor"
  • Select the "Default" button
VonC
I have used MyEclipse for some years. It is nice to get things done quickly, but it tends to creak quite a bit when you reach out in the corners - especially when using Pulse. It may be better these days :)
Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen
Thank you, just what I was looking for and it was right there under my nose :-). Do you know if i can use it with richfaces? can i add my own custom UIComponents to the Palette?
Nir Levy
@Nir Levy: I am not familiar enough with that plugin to know about its customization capabilities.
VonC