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Is SWT built on Swing/AWT?
Do I have to use SWT to wirte plug-ins for Eclipse? Can I use Swing?
I know SWT does not support Drag-N-Drop? What does Swing have, but SWT not?
 
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Is SWT built on Swing/AWT?



No. SWT is a completely separate implementation that doesn't build on either AWT or Swing.

Do I have to use SWT to wirte plug-ins for Eclipse? Can I use Swing?



Since Eclipse is written in SWT, if your plug-in has GUI elements, it would probably fit in better if you did it in SWT. You could always have an SWT button or menu in Eclipse launch a Swing JFrame, or you could use something like SwingWT, but it would probably fit better with SWT.

I know SWT does not support Drag-N-Drop?


No, it really does.

What does Swing have, but SWT not?


One of the biggest things I noticed missing was a JDesktopPane/JInternalFrame replacement. The graphics context drawing capabilities were nowhere near as good as Graphics2D, though I have heard there have been some improvements in this area.
 
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