> This is my first day of actual Pivot programming, and I created a login
> screen that has some TextInput fields. I want the first field to be focused
> when the form opens, so I did it like this:
>
> public class LoginFrame extends Frame implements Bindable {
> @BXML TextInput hostname;
>
> public void open(Display display, Window owner) {
> super.open(display, owner);
> hostname.requestFocus();
> }
> }
>
> This works, but I'm thinking there must be a smoother way, like setting a
> property on the TextInput when I declare it in my BXML maybe?
Nope, you have it right. BXML is for defining the structure of an application.
Requesting focus is a behavior, so that should happen in code.
> I understand that I cannot request focus for the component in the
> Bindable#initialize() method, since the component isn't actually displaying
> at the time of initialization, but maybe there is a way for the framework to
> sort this out by looking at a property or something when it is first
> displayed?
You could implement a custom focus traversal policy and set that on your
window's content component. However, I think that calling requestFocus() in
open() or in response to an open event is probably going to be simpler.
G
