the supported platforms are windows and mac. I got the tip to wait till javaone for ea linux support ;). Actually most of the javafx samples started recently to work on ubuntu.
regards, michael On Jan 21, 11:24 am, Tim Büthe <[email protected]> wrote: > On 21 Jan., 10:57, Steven Herod <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The JavaFX docs note that the opacity attribute for stages only works > > on 'supported platforms'. But fails to note what are the supported > > platforms. > > yes, I think I found that too. And also found code samples "how to > check if transparency is supported..." but no platform list. > > > If you go to the JavaFX demo site athttp://www.javafx.com/andlook > > at the music player demo, is that an irregular shaped player with a > > transparent background, or does it have a colored rectangle behind it? > > Yes, it got a big ugly rectangle behind the player. I also tried this > test:http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/GUI/translucent_shape... > like I wrote in the discussion over in the WidgetFX Users > group:http://groups.google.de/group/widgetfx-users/browse_frm/thread/2b7653... > > I think the thing is simple: JavaFX and/or Java 6u10 is only fully > supported on windows. It seems like Sun's JavaFX guys chose Windows as > the first Platform to implement for and I guess, that's not because it > is the easiest to implement transparency features on. This is sad, > because I always saw Sun as a big Linux supporter. (Same goes for > Google's Chrome, but that's another story...) > > That said, I'll take another look at JavaFX and WidgetFX in some weeks > or month or when I read some news about Linux and Mac OS support. Till > then, they both not at the same eye level with competitors. > > thanks, > Tim --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
