Oh, I should also note that Hendrik Ebbers has written a book on custom
controls for JavaFX 8.0.
I haven't read it yet (although my copy is hopefully on the way), but it
could be a useful resource:
http://www.amazon.com/Mastering-JavaFX-Controls-Hendrik-Ebbers/dp/0071833773/?&tag=nrbo-20
I wa
Any official tutorial on how to write custom controls would be
constrained to discussing public API. A better source of material is
almost certainly recorded talks from conferences such as JavaOne and
Devoxx. I've given such talks in recent years, as has Gerrit Grunwald.
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