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Netbeans Platform App - Webbroser with webgl funcktionality needed
Hi all,
in my Netbeans platform apps I need a Webbrowser which is able to render
3d scenes by webgl.
I have found the Webbrowser API of Netbeans
https://github.com/apache/netbeans/blob/master/ide/web.browser.api/src/org/netbeans/modules/web/browser/api/WebBrowser.java
but if I understand correctly this is not for embedding the browser UI
into the netbeans platform what I want to do. It only helps to find and
communicate with an external browser.
Any ideas?
best
Oliver
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Re: Netbeans Platform App - Webbroser with webgl funcktionality needed
Posted by Oliver Rettig <ol...@orat.de>.
Hi Neil,
very thanks for your quick response.
I want to work completely open-source so your hint to "Webview java"
looks promising, especially because I want to integrate only one
specific browser-based app into my netbeans platform app which I can
modify to make it able to run in the specfic browser.
So I will have a closer look at it to find out if it supports all the
webgl/javascript stuff I need.
best
Oliver
p.s. Further comparable ideas are welcome
Am 16.03.26 um 14:50 schrieb Neil C Smith:
> On Mon, 16 Mar 2026 at 09:57, Oliver Rettig <ol...@orat.de> wrote:
>> in my Netbeans platform apps I need a Webbrowser which is able to render
>> 3d scenes by webgl.
> ...
>> but if I understand correctly this is not for embedding the browser UI
>> into the netbeans platform what I want to do. It only helps to find and
>> communicate with an external browser.
>>
>> Any ideas?
> Have you looked at jcef? JetBrains has a fork [1]. It's also
> included in the JetBrains runtime, which you can run the platform /
> IDE on.
>
> There is also JxBrowser that to my knowledge another large platform
> application is using, but it's not open-source so you'd have to pay to
> use it.
>
> I've been looking at doing something with native webviews recently,
> using something like Webview Java [2], Tauri, etc. Not sure there's
> anything there going to be easy to attach reliably into a platform
> application window though.
>
> Might not be much help as you've probably looked at these already?
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Neil
>
> [1] https://github.com/JetBrains/jcef
> [2] https://github.com/webview/webview_java
>
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Re: Netbeans Platform App - Webbroser with webgl funcktionality needed
Posted by Neil C Smith <ne...@apache.org>.
On Mon, 16 Mar 2026 at 09:57, Oliver Rettig <ol...@orat.de> wrote:
> in my Netbeans platform apps I need a Webbrowser which is able to render
> 3d scenes by webgl.
...
> but if I understand correctly this is not for embedding the browser UI
> into the netbeans platform what I want to do. It only helps to find and
> communicate with an external browser.
>
> Any ideas?
Have you looked at jcef? JetBrains has a fork [1]. It's also
included in the JetBrains runtime, which you can run the platform /
IDE on.
There is also JxBrowser that to my knowledge another large platform
application is using, but it's not open-source so you'd have to pay to
use it.
I've been looking at doing something with native webviews recently,
using something like Webview Java [2], Tauri, etc. Not sure there's
anything there going to be easy to attach reliably into a platform
application window though.
Might not be much help as you've probably looked at these already?
Best wishes,
Neil
[1] https://github.com/JetBrains/jcef
[2] https://github.com/webview/webview_java
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Re: Netbeans Platform App - Webbroser with webgl funcktionality needed
Posted by Haidu Bogdan <ha...@gmail.com>.
I wonder if the canvas solution used in X3D-Edit plugin.
https://plugins.netbeans.apache.org/catalogue/?id=90
can be adapted for that. But maybe it's too much reverse engeering.
On Mon, Mar 16, 2026, 11:57 AM Oliver Rettig <ol...@orat.de> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> in my Netbeans platform apps I need a Webbrowser which is able to render
> 3d scenes by webgl.
>
> I have found the Webbrowser API of Netbeans
>
>
> https://github.com/apache/netbeans/blob/master/ide/web.browser.api/src/org/netbeans/modules/web/browser/api/WebBrowser.java
>
> but if I understand correctly this is not for embedding the browser UI
> into the netbeans platform what I want to do. It only helps to find and
> communicate with an external browser.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> best
>
> Oliver
>
>
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