Hi John, Yes, I am using OS X. Thanks for the link. I ended up creating a window level key listener to listen for single key press events (don't really need a modifier). I'll have to rethink my approach.
It would be nice if there was a note in the javadoc about this. Regards, Mark Cheers, Mark On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 1:29 PM, John Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > Are you using OS X? > > For me, mnemonics in JavaFX work on Windows, but not at all in OS X (which > is perhaps by undocumented design?). > > Apple's platform integration guide contains a section on Mnemonics, it > based on Swing but I think the concepts translate to JavaFX: > > https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Java/Conceptual/Java14Development/07-NativePlatformIntegration/NativePlatformIntegration.html > > >The JMenuItem class inherits the concept of mnemonics from the > JAbstractButton class. In the context of menus, mnemonics are shortcuts to > menus and their contents, which are executed by using a modifier key in > conjunction with a single letter. When you set a mnemonic in a menu item, > Java underscores the mnemonic letter in the title of the JMenuItem or JMenu > component when the Option key is held down. Using mnemonics is discouraged > in OS X, because mnemonics violate the principles of OS X Human Interface > Guidelines. If you are developing a Java application for multiple platforms > and some of those platforms recommend the use of mnemonics, just include a > single setMnemonics() method that is conditionally called (based on the > platform) when constructing your interface. > > > > How then do you get the functionality of mnemonics without using Java's > mnemonics? If you have defined a keystroke sequence in the setAccelerator() > method for a menu item, that key sequence is automatically entered into > your menus. > > Accelerators work on both Windows and OS X ( > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12710468/using-javafx-2-2-mnemonic). > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Mark Fortner > Sent: Monday, July 01, 2013 10:35 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: How are Mnemonics On Buttons Supposed To Work? > > Recently, I added mnemonics to some buttons and enabled mnemonic parsing, > and noticed that the mnemonic isn't rendered. I came across this issue: > https://javafx-jira.kenai.com/browse/RT-18849 > > which seems to indicate that NOT showing mnemonics is the expected > behavior. > > If that's correct, how are user's supposed to know what mnemonics are > available? > > > Cheers, > > Mark >
