JFXtras has a number of extended textfields (BigDecimal, Calendar, LocalDate, ...). These controls use a TextField in their skin to compose this control. These extended textfield controls have a readonly focusProperty()... What would be the best way to forward the focusProperty of the TextField to the control's focusProperty? - Binding is not possible, because it is read only. - Setting the value in the skin is not possible, because it is read only. - setFocused method is protected final
What works is the following setup: - create a _public_ focusForwardProperty in the Skin - listen to the focusProperty of TextField and set the focusForwardProperty accordingly - listen to the skinProperty in the Control and when set, bind a listener to the focusForwardProperty - in this listener call setFocused with the value of focusForwardProperty This approach at least prevents the control's API to be polluted with public methods, but requires a property just for the sake of publishing the value. Ideally one would like to bind both focusProperties. Tom
