Now that I have a text control with selection support I can solve many of my issues, but not all of them. I still feel like it would be extremely useful if “Text” would support selection out of the box (off by default, enabled via API or CSS).
Dirk > On 20 Aug 2024, at 16:09, Dirk Lemmermann <dlemmerm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have taken quizynox approach and used it for the TextView control in > GemsFX. After some additions the control now supports a text selection > behaviour similar to the one found in TextArea (ctrl-c, ctrl-a, stylable > “highlight” properties, double click for word selection, triple click for > paragraph selection, etc…). > > Dirk > > >> On 19 Aug 2024, at 11:02, Marius Hanl <mariush...@web.de> wrote: >> >> I also think this might be a good addition to the JFX Core. >> This behavior should be off by default, but can be turned on via CSS or Code. >> Another idea could be a new Control that extends from Label. >> >> -- Marius >> >> >> Gesendet: Freitag, 16. August 2024 um 12:12 Uhr >> Von: "Dirk Lemmermann" <dlemmerm...@gmail.com> >> An: "openjfx-dev" <openjfx-dev@openjdk.org> >> Betreff: Label Text Selection >> Hi everyone, >> >> I recently added a custom text control (called “TextView") to the GemsFX >> project. It supports a somewhat limited text selection. Selection is only >> possible on a per-word basis. I received a bit of feedback on this control >> and I was wondering whether it would be worth thinking about adding a >> general text selection capability to labels. Is this something worth looking >> into? Is it even feasible? >> >> I guess one of the reasons why this topic keeps popping up is the fact that >> users are so used to selecting any text in web pages, but they can’t do it >> in desktop apps. >> >> Dirk >> >
