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Subject: Re: Returning to Java - have questions
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On 01/21/2015 11:06 PM, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> Hi, all
>
> Well, I'm just getting back into java after about a 15 year hiatus.  I
> did a bunch of it back then, both SE and EE, but then got off on other
> projects.
>
> Now I want to get my fingers back into it and see massive changes.  It's
> going to take a log of getting used to.
>
> For instance, I was looking at a game I wrote back then (nothing fancy -
> just something to play with).  With Swing it's very easy to change the
> look of buttons by loading a new image, i.d. when the player presses the
> button.  It seems with fx the only way you can change the button when
> it's pressed/not pressed is via css.  While I guess there are advantages
> to doing it this way, I haven't seen them yet.  And I'd rather be able
> to control the button looks myself.

extend SkinBase<C extends Control>
and use Control.setSkin(Skin<?> value)

>
> So my first question is - are there events I can intercept to tell when
> the button is pressed and when it is released?  All I see so far is the
> ACTION event.
>
> And I'll also ask a short question with I suspect long (and very
> subjective) answers.  Which IDE do you like for developing Java apps,
> and why?  Most will be standalone gui apps for now.  And please - I know
> which IDE can be almost a religious discussion - let's not commit any
> sins against other IDE's :)
>
> TIA,
> Jerry
>