Thanks! @Jasper: Yes, that's very interesting! Forgot that was possible to do in CSS.
On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 12:15 AM, Stephen Winnall <st...@winnall.ch> wrote: > It may be possible to change the LOOK with CSS, but not the FEEL, which is > where Java apps have traditionally failed big time. > > Some things that I don’t think can be changed with CSS: > > 1) texts > 2) order of buttons > 3) escape characters for shortcuts > 4) menus > 5) system-level stuff (double-clicking on files, dropping files on > applications, …) > 6) filesystem conventions > 7) ... > > I think FXML can fix some of these, but not all. So it seems to me that a > LaF in JFX will consist of at least: > > - one or more CSS files > - one or more FXML files > - some plumbing at the system level > > It would be nice to have a set of proper LaFs for each major platform with > an appropriate common API. > > Steve > > On 9 Dec 2013, at 00:20, Jasper Potts <jasper.po...@oracle.com> wrote: > > > You can set skin classes from CSS so should be able to do everything you > could with Swing and more. With just a CSS file and skins as and when > needed. > > > > Jasper > > > >> On Dec 8, 2013, at 3:00 PM, Jonathan Giles <jonathan.gi...@oracle.com> > wrote: > >> > >> At present there are no plans to introduce any further API or > >> functionality in this area, but if there is something you are wanting > >> then you should file feature requests in Jira. > >> > >> -- Jonathan > >> > >>> On 9/12/2013 11:54 a.m., Pedro Duque Vieira wrote: > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> Is there any Look and Feel mechanism in place, like the one in Swing? > That > >>> doesn't appear to exist.. > >>> > >>> Are there any plans to add one? You can only do so much with CSS... > >>> > >>> Thanks in advance, best regards, > >> > > -- Pedro Duque Vieira
