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| From | Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.java.programmer |
| Subject | Re: Returning to Java - have questions |
| Date | 2015-01-22 21:47 -0500 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <m9scn3$4b2$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
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On 1/22/2015 9:18 PM, Jeff Higgins wrote:
> On 01/22/2015 08:59 PM, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>> On 1/22/2015 8:06 PM, Jeff Higgins wrote:
>>> On 01/22/2015 11:11 AM, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>>>> On 1/22/2015 9:41 AM, Jeff Higgins wrote:
>>>>> On 01/22/2015 09:07 AM, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>>>>>> On 1/22/2015 6:48 AM, Jeff Higgins wrote:
>>>>>>> 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)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Actually, I don't need to extend anything to set a static image -
>>>>>> I can
>>>>>> just use setImage() and not have any text.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But that doesn't tell me if the button is pressed or not, so I don't
>>>>>> know when to change the image to the pressed one.
>>>>>>
>>>>> I'm afraid your question is not clear to me.
>>>>> Are BaseButtons's armedProperty, and onActionProperty, somehow
>>>>> insufficient?
>>>>> Maybe one of Node's many properties.
>>>>> onKey..., onMouse..., onSwipe..., onTouch..., etc.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Armed is not the same as pressed.
>>> That's right.
>>> And the button being pressed does not
>>>> necessarily indicate an action.
>>> ??
>>> Do you want a ToggleButton?
>>
>> No, I want a button.
>>
>> For a button, the action occurs on the RELEASE of the button, not the
>> push. For instance, if you place the mouse pointer over a button and
>> hold down the LMB, the button will look pushed. If you then move the
>> mouse pointer off the button before releasing the LMB, the button will
>> return to normal state but an action will not occur.
>>
>> This action has been consistent since the first versions of Java (it is
>> also consistent with every GUI I know of for at least 25 years).
>>
>>>>
>>>> As for the properties - that would require polling all of the
>>>> buttons in
>>>> a loop to constantly follow their statuses. Not good.
>>> ??
>>>
>>> Is the standard event handling mechanism somehow insufficient?
>>>
>>> myBeautyousBtn.setOnAction(new EventHandler<ActionEvent>() {
>>> @Override
>>> public void handle(ActionEvent event) {
>>> controlTheButtonLooksMyself();
>>> }
>>> });
>>>
>>
>> That only gets triggered when an action occurs - which, as indicated
>> above, is way too late.
>>
>>> or
>>>
>>> myBeautyousBtn.addEventHandler(MouseEvent.MOUSE_PRESSED,
>>> new EventHandler<MouseEvent>() {
>>> @Override
>>> public void handle(MouseEvent e) {
>>> controlTheButtonLooksMyself();
>>> }
>>> });
>>>
>>
>> And a mouse is not the only way the button can be pressed. It can be
>> via the space bar on the keyboard if the button has the focus, for
>> instance.
>>
> public class Button
> extends ButtonBase
>
> A simple button control. The button control can contain text and/or a
> graphic. A button control has three different modes
>
> Normal: A normal push button.
> Default: A default Button is the button that receives a keyboard
> VK_ENTER press, if no other node in the scene consumes it.
> Cancel: A Cancel Button is the button that receives a keyboard
> VK_ESC press, if no other node in the scene consumes it.
>
> When a button is pressed and released a ActionEvent is sent. Your
> application can perform some action based on this event by implementing
> an EventHandler to process the ActionEvent. Buttons can also respond to
> mouse events by implementing an EventHandler to process the MouseEvent
>
> MnemonicParsing is enabled by default for Button.
>
> Either I'm missing something or you are.
> Good luck.
>
>
>
>
Which has nothing to do with the look of a button when it is pushed.
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Returning to Java - have questions Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2015-01-21 23:06 -0500
Re: Returning to Java - have questions Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-22 06:48 -0500
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Re: Returning to Java - have questions Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2015-01-25 10:32 -0500
Re: Returning to Java - have questions Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-25 10:57 -0500
Re: Returning to Java - have questions Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2015-01-25 10:31 -0500
Re: Returning to Java - have questions Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-25 10:58 -0500
Re: Returning to Java - have questions Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2015-01-25 10:31 -0500
Re: Returning to Java - have questions Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-25 10:59 -0500
Re: Returning to Java - have questions Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-25 09:36 -0500
Re: Returning to Java - have questions Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2015-01-25 10:38 -0500
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Re: Returning to Java - have questions Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2015-01-25 11:49 -0500
Re: Returning to Java - have questions Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-25 11:49 -0500
Re: Returning to Java - have questions Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2015-01-25 11:58 -0500
Re: Returning to Java - have questions Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-25 12:01 -0500
Re: Returning to Java - have questions Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2015-01-25 15:30 -0500
Re: Returning to Java - have questions Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2015-01-26 09:18 -0800
Re: Returning to Java - have questions Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2015-01-26 13:09 -0500
Re: Returning to Java - have questions Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2015-01-26 11:22 -0800
Re: Returning to Java - have questions Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2015-01-26 14:44 -0500
Re: Returning to Java - have questions FredK <fred.l.kleinschmidt@gmail.com> - 2015-01-26 12:00 -0800
Re: Returning to Java - have questions Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2015-01-26 15:18 -0500
Re: Returning to Java - have questions Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-22 21:26 -0500
Re: Returning to Java - have questions Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2015-01-22 21:48 -0500
Re: Returning to Java - have questions Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-25 11:00 -0500
Re: Returning to Java - have questions Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-22 09:49 -0500
Re: Returning to Java - have questions Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-22 10:11 -0500
Re: Returning to Java - have questions Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2015-01-22 11:12 -0500
Re: Returning to Java - have questions Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-25 11:01 -0500
Re: Returning to Java - have questions Brixomatic <brixomatic@yahoo.com> - 2015-01-25 22:49 +0100
Re: Returning to Java - have questions Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2015-01-25 16:58 -0500
Re: Returning to Java - have questions Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2015-01-26 09:19 -0800
Re: Returning to Java - have questions Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2015-01-26 13:10 -0500
Re: Returning to Java - have questions Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2015-01-26 11:23 -0800
Re: Returning to Java - have questions Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2015-01-26 14:45 -0500
Re: Returning to Java - have questions Silvio <silvio@internet.com> - 2015-01-22 13:25 +0100
Re: Returning to Java - have questions Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2015-01-22 09:09 -0500
WORKALIKES (was: Returning to Java - have questions) Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-25 13:03 -0500
Re: WORKALIKES Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2015-01-25 15:33 -0500
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