Mastering JavaFX 8 Controls by Ebbers, Hendrik -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Page Copyright Page About the Author Contents Introduction Chapter 1: The History of Java UI Toolkits

Java SE UI Toolkits

AWT Java Foundation Classes and the Emergence of Swing Swing

Additional UI Toolkits

SWT Apache Flex

The Way to JavaFX

From F3 to JavaFX 8

JavaFX Compared to HTML5 and Web-Based Technologies

Java-Based Web Frameworks

Summary

Chapter 2: JavaFX Basics

Your First JavaFX Application

JavaFX Application Life Cycle Defining the Main Window by Using the Stage Class The Scene Graph

Technical Design of the JavaFX Toolkit

The Native Layer Private API Layer Public API Layer

JavaFX Public APIs

Application and Life Cycle Stage API Scene Graph and Controls Event Handling Property API Collections Concurrent API Animations FXML CSS Support Printing Interoperability with Swing

Tools

Scene Builder Scenic View FX Experience Tools

Deployment/Native Builds JavaFX Goes Polyglott

GroovyFX ScalaFX JavaFX and Nashorn

Summary

Chapter 3: The Scene Graph

Using and Integrating the Scene Graph in a JavaFX Application The Scene Class Event Handling Node Types

Primitive Nodes LayoutPanes Complex Nodes

Node Basics FXML Summary

Chapter 4: Laying Out and Transforming Nodes in the Scene Graph

Adding Some Transformations

Adding a Third Dimension Extended Transformation APIs

Laying Out Nodes

Creating a Custom Pane The Visual Structure of a Region Extended Internal Layout Mechanisms Additional Layout Mechanisms The javafx.geometry Package Working with Constraints

Combining Transforms and Layout

Accessing the Bounds of a Node

Summary

Chapter 5: JavaFX Basic Controls

The Control Class Basic Controls

Labeled Controls Controls for Text Input Slider ProgressIndicator and ProgressBar

Tooltip of a Control Using Menus in JavaFX

Using Separators

Creating an Application with Basic Controls Summary

Chapter 6: Additional JavaFX Controls

Controls with a Data Model

ComboBox ListView TableView TreeView TreeTableView Sorting and Filtering Data

Controls That Act as Containers Additional Controls HTMLEditor

DatePicker ColorPicker

An Interview with Jonathan Giles, Engineer on the JavaFX Team, Oracle Summary

Chapter 7: Additional JavaFX Nodes

Charts WebView

Canvas

ImageView MediaView Summary

Chapter 8: Integrating JavaFX, Swing, and SWT

Combining JavaFX and Swing Using the JFXPanel

Using the SwingNode Using the Experimental Single-Thread Mode Pros and Cons of the Integration

Combining JavaFX and SWT

Using the FXCanvas

Summary

Chapter 9: Styling a Control

Using Themes to Style an Application CSS Basics CSS in JavaFX

Using Selectors Summary of the Cascading Feature Styling a Chart Best Practices for Styling Applications and Controls

An Interview with Claudine Zillmann, software developer at maredit GmbH Summary

Chapter 10: Custom Controls

The Structure of a Control

The Skin The SkinBase Class

Creating a Custom Control

Adding Event Handling Styling the Control

An Interview with Gerrit Grunwald, Canoo Engineering Summary

Appendix: JavaFX Resources and Where to Go from Here

Make Your UI Shine JavaFX-Related Middleware and Application Frameworks

DataFX OpenDolphin

Best of Open Source Projects Important JavaFX Links JavaFX Books JavaFX Application Summary

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