Are there any user interface prototyping tools for Eclipse?

Question

I am looking into designing new features for Eclipse-based programming tools, from the requirements/ideas perspective. To really do this quickly, I would like to sketch UI elements without having to code things -- my concern is with the concepts and ideas right now, not the possible later realization. Are there any such graphical sketching tools for Eclipse?

(on a side note, I should also note that I find Eclipse a better idea every day, in the way that you can combine partial systems from very many different sources into a single environment. It really is the future of IDEs, especially for embedded systems. It used to pretty horrible pre-Eclipse-3.0, but now it does seem to work)

Answer 1

I've tried the Visual Editor Project before, but in the past it crashed my instance of Eclipse, and I haven't visited it since.

Jigloo is a new one that I'd like to try out soon.

Answer 2

Incidentally, NetBeans is known for having a really good GUI editor (Matisse), but I realize that you weren't asking about NetBeans :)

Answer 3

This is really specific to Eclipse: it is the platform of choice for general IDEs today, and I am looking to sketch out extensions to it. The target programming language is more likely to be raw assembler and C than anything else -- OS, driver, system-level debug.

Answer 4

It's a little bit too late, but perhaps you would be interested in the project that I have developed: WireframeSketcher

It's an Eclipse plugin that helps you quickly create screen mockups, wireframes and UI prototypes. I've just released the first version so it's still in early stages.