I need to build software in JavaFX so I watched some tutorials to have some background.
Anyway, I have no idea what kind of pane I should use, Should I use VBox and inside HBox for any components "line"?
The Canvas area is for drag and drop tables, canvas object is fit?
If you develop a Ribbon control in JavaFX like your screen, it is easier to implement a RibbonPane control extends TabPane and change the CSS of the control.
I have implemented a RibbonPane control for my customersfx demo application in JavaFX 8. You can check the controls in the application:
RibbonPane extends TabPane
RibbonTab extends Tab
RibbonGroup extends HBox
RibbonCommand extends Button
AppView has the RibbonPane with tabs and actions.
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I want to create a custom control like this tutorial.
However, I do not want to use SWT, but JavaFX. But I do not know what class I have to inherit and how I can render my view in JavaFX.
In the SWT example, the class EmailControlRenderer extends from TextControlSWTRenderer. From which class would I have to inherit if I want to render an EObject in JavaFX?
From the EMF Forms documentation, it seems the JavaFX renderer is very much experimental at this point, so chances are you will not be able to do what you want to do. Consider sending the developers a mail.
I have an FXML file that I'm using to allow user input when requested. Right now I just put it in a new stage and do Stage.show(). I would like to not have it appear in a new window and behave more like a ContextMenu.
Looking at ContextMenu class it doesn't appear that I can set the content based off an FXML file. Is there a way to do this either with ContextMenu or Popup or some other class I am unaware of?
Although that library is quite nice, I wanted something simple that didn't require 3rd party downloads. I came up with this:
Popup popup = new Popup();
CustomController controller = new CustomController();
FXMLLoader loader = new FXMLLoader(getClass().getResource(fxmlfile));
loader.setController(controller);
popup.getContent().add((Parent)loader.load());
The problem was I didn't realize that a Parent could be considered a Node for the method Popup#getContent#add
ControlsFX has a PopOver control you might like. That PopOver can use any Node for its content, so you can simply create a popover, load a node from FXML and set the content of the popover to that node.
I want to know how do you add buttons to a panel in fxml with javafx script because my program doesn't have a static amount of buttons. Is it even posible or has someone another idea?
Thank you
Fire-Phoenix
If your program doesn't have static number of buttons then you can't do it in fxml. There is a workaround of creating a Panel in javafx and creating buttons inside the intialize() of the controller and add buttons to the Panel. This will let you add any number of buttons !
It is possible to add a context menu to a scroll pane, but not to other types of panes. Why?
How FXML Works
FXML works by introspecting on the Java API using reflection (or by using specialized builder classes). More information on FXML works can be found in the Introduction to FXML documentation.
Why ContextMenus can't be defined on Panes in JavaFX using FXML Markup
Control has a contextMenu property. A ScrollPane is a Control. Other pane types such as StackPane are not controls. As there is no corresponding property in these other pane types which could be set to contain a reference to a contextMenu, you can't define a contextMenu on these pane types using FXML.
For similar reasons, you can't define a Tooltip on a Pane either.
How to define a ContextMenu for a Panes in an FXML Controller
You can still set a context menu on panes (and any other arbitrary nodes which are not controls) via code, using the contextMenu show API, for example by placing the following code in your FXML controller.
#FXML StackPane stack;
// . . .
public void initialize() {
final ContextMenu contextMenu = new ContextMenu(new MenuItem("xyzzy"));
stack.setOnMouseClicked(new EventHandler<MouseEvent>() {
#Override
public void handle(MouseEvent mouseEvent) {
contextMenu.show(
stack,
mouseEvent.getScreenX(),
mouseEvent.getScreenY()
);
}
});
}
Why not add a ContextMenu property
Node could have a contextMenu property, which would allow ContextMenus to be defined on Panes via FXML Markup.
The reason why Node does not have a contextMenu property but Control does is because ContextMenu is itself a Control. Adding a ContextMenu property to node would mean that the core scene graph model code for the JavaFX implementation would have a dependency on the controls module (which would have a dependency on the scene graph module), hence a circular dependency. This would prevent the shipping of a very light Java runtime system which included the core JavaFX scene graph and rendering engine but did not include controls (not that anybody ships such a system today).
How to File Feature Requests
If you think the system should be changed to allow definition of context menus on arbitrary panes using SceneBuilder, then you can file a feature request against the JavaFX issue tracker (if you do so, include a link back to this question in the feature request).
Described method to open popup leads to multiple popups open if every node in the scene graph want to open context menu. Consuming of event is definitely needed.
See also discussion at Using FXML to Create ContextMenu within a Pane It provides working answer to this problem.
BTW, Node.onContextMenuRequested(...) should be used instead, yes?
Display a swings JDialog containing a JRViewer for Jasper Report, from within a javafx application menu item click. BUT the JDialog is not MODAL even after setModal(true) as it is not owned by javafx stage. How to make a javafx stage the owner of a JDialog? Alternatively how to display a Jasper report inside a javafx stage, scene?
Don't use a JDialog. In JavaFX you use Stages. Put your Jasper report inside a Scene, put the Scene in a Stage. I think you can't put Swing components inside JavaFX components, so you must check this link: Integrating JavaFX into Swing Applications
Code to make a JavaFX dialog:
Stage stage = new Stage();
stage.setTitle("Title");
stage.setResizable(false);
stage.initModality(Modality.APPLICATION_MODAL);
stage.initOwner(primaryStage);
stage.initStyle(StageStyle.UTILITY);
(...)
Scene scene = new Scene(...);
stage.setScene(scene);
In the code above the Stage will behave exactly like a dialog.
Also check this:
How to create a JavaFX dialog?
Hello World, JavaFX Style
Back to the first (base) question: It's not possible to make a Stage the owner of a JDialog. But, after setting the content of the SwingNode
swingNode.setContent(xxx);
you can get the parent of xxx (may be the parent of the parent of xxx too...) until you find a (AWT-) Frame or (AWT-) Dialog. In the case of SwingNode it's a JLightweightFrame. This object you can use as the owner to create your JDialog.
But, I think there is a bug in the JavaFX SwingNode mechanism. The JDialog appears functionally modal, if you set it modal (setModal(true)), but it may appear behind the main (JavaFX) window. It's still possible to move the main window, to bring it in front and so on, what should not be possible if there is a modal dialog. But this is another topic.
To view a Jasper Report in javafx ( jdk 1.8> ) stage
JasperPrint jp = JasperFillManager.fillReport(reportsource, params,getCon());
SwingNode swingNode = new SwingNode();
swingNode.setContent(new JRViewer(jp));
AnchorPane anchorPane = new AnchorPane();
AnchorPane.setTopAnchor(swingNode,0.0);
AnchorPane.setBottomAnchor(swingNode,0.0);
AnchorPane.setLeftAnchor(swingNode,0.0);
AnchorPane.setRightAnchor(swingNode,0.0);
anchorPane.getChildren().add(swingNode);
Scene scene = new Scene(anchorPane);
Stage stage = new Stage();
stage.setHeight(550);
stage.setWidth(600);
stage.setAlwaysOnTop(true);
stage.setScene(scene);
stage.showAndWait();
Alternatively how to display a Jasper report inside a javafx stage, scene?
Output HTML from your Jasper report and load the report in a JavaFX WebView.
Make a javafx stage the owner of a JDialog?
I don't think this is possible. What should work instead is to make your application a Swing application and host your JavaFX content inside a JFXPanel inside a Swing JFrame. Then you have no Stage and the owner of the JDialog can be the JFrame hosting the JFXPanel.
now it's possible to do that
what you need now is install jdk 8
because swing content in javafx is introduced in jdk8
#FXML
private SwingNode swingNode;
...
JasperPrint jasperPrint = JasperFillManager.fillReport(FileName, hash, connect);
swingNode.setContent(new JRViewer(jasperPrint));
oracle just add tutorial for this too
for the next you can follow this link
oracle tutorial embed swing in javaFX
I have written a JasperReports print preview stage class in JavaFX 8. It is a pure JavaFX code and there is no need for use of SwingNode class.
In comparison to the JRViewer it does not support links and parts, but print preview window does not need it anyway. On the other side, code is much, much shorter and therefore it is easy to understand and to adopt further to everyone's needs.
Source code for this class is freely available at GitHub repository.