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Re: Returning to Java - have questions

From Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject Re: Returning to Java - have questions
Date 2015-01-25 11:01 -0500
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On 01/22/2015 11:12 AM, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> On 1/22/2015 9:49 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.
>>
>> I was responding to your statement above, "It seems with fx the only
>> way you can change the button when it's pressed/not pressed is via css."
>> How is using setImage() using CSS? I'm confused.
>>
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>
>
> Sorry, it's setGraphic().  And while that sets the image, there is no
> way for me to determine whether I should be using the "normal" image or
> the "pressed" image.  That seems to be only available via CSS.
>
Please provide a runnable demonstration.

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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
    Re: Returning to Java - have questions Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2015-01-22 09:07 -0500
      Re: Returning to Java - have questions Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-22 09:41 -0500
        Re: Returning to Java - have questions Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2015-01-22 11:11 -0500
          Re: Returning to Java - have questions Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-22 20:06 -0500
            Re: Returning to Java - have questions Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2015-01-22 20:59 -0500
              Re: Returning to Java - have questions Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-22 21:18 -0500
                Re: Returning to Java - have questions Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2015-01-22 21:47 -0500
                Re: Returning to Java - have questions Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-23 08:08 -0500
                Re: Returning to Java - have questions Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-23 08:27 -0500
                Re: Returning to Java - have questions Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-23 09:41 -0500
                Re: Returning to Java - have questions Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2015-01-23 09:59 -0500
                Re: Returning to Java - have questions Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-23 10:52 -0500
                Re: Returning to Java - have questions Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2015-01-23 11:49 -0500
                Re: Returning to Java - have questions FredK <fred.l.kleinschmidt@gmail.com> - 2015-01-23 14:26 -0800
                Re: Returning to Java - have questions Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2015-01-23 19:27 -0500
                Re: Returning to Java - have questions Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-23 19:52 -0500
                Re: Returning to Java - have questions Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-23 20:12 -0500
                Re: Returning to Java - have questions Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2015-01-23 20:47 -0500
                Re: Returning to Java - have questions Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-25 07:28 -0500
                Re: Returning to Java - have questions Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-25 07:40 -0500
                Re: Returning to Java - have questions Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-25 08:04 -0500
                Re: Returning to Java - have questions Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-25 09:05 -0500
                Re: Returning to Java - have questions Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-25 09:10 -0500
                Re: Returning to Java - have questions Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2015-01-25 10:34 -0500
                Re: Returning to Java - have questions Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-25 10:34 -0500
                Re: Returning to Java - have questions Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-25 10:11 -0500
                Re: Returning to Java - have questions Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2015-01-25 10:35 -0500
                Re: Returning to Java - have questions Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-25 10:56 -0500
                Re: Returning to Java - have questions Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2015-01-25 11:47 -0500
                Re: Returning to Java - have questions Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-25 11:51 -0500
                Re: Returning to Java - have questions Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2015-01-25 11:57 -0500
                Re: Returning to Java - have questions Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-25 12:00 -0500
                Re: Returning to Java - have questions Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2015-01-25 15:29 -0500
                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
                Re: Returning to Java - have questions Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-25 10:36 -0500
                Re: Returning to Java - have questions Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-25 10:46 -0500
                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 11:52 -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 11:58 -0500
                Re: Returning to Java - have questions Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2015-01-25 15:30 -0500
                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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