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I learned about Apache Pivot's existence from the question Java GUI frameworks. What to choose? Swing, SWT, AWT, SwingX, JGoodies, JavaFX, Apache Pivot? It seems like a good fit for my current project, as it involves letting users create their own GUI dynamically. However, I will also need to deliver a visual GUI designer for whatever technology I choose. Is there already such a designer for Pivot? Googling seems to suggest not, but I am asking in case I missed one.

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    I know this doesn't answer your question, but if a Visual GUI Designer is important, you might want to consider the [JavaFX SceneBuilder](http://docs.oracle.com/javafx/scenebuilder/1/get_started/jsbpub-get_started.htm) if you have not done so already. – jewelsea Jun 27 '12 at 23:07
  • @jewelsea Two problems with JavaFX for me: 1) Linux support isn't done yet; 2) it looks like event handlers/controllers have to be written in Java and compiled (Pivot can embed handlers in scripting languages in BXML file). However, I might try using Groovy for this instead. – Alexey Romanov Jun 28 '12 at 04:47
  • Apparently I was wrong on the second part, and you can have ` – Alexey Romanov Jun 28 '12 at 04:57

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I've been searching around a GUI designer for Pivot and it looks like developers just use XML editors when editing BXML. That being said, I did run across Geertjan's blog of an initial GUI designer for NetBeans called NB-PIVOT. I don't know how active this project is. But it's a start.

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