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Re: Is the API of JavaFX pixel-based?

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On 02/03/2015 06:01 AM, Stefan Ram wrote:
>    In a JavaFX tutorial, all dimensions (of text fields and so),
>    were hard-coded in the source code, in pixels!
>
>    In the age of devices with very small screens (like phones)
>    and very large screens (like desktops) or coarse resolutions
>    (like TVs) or high resolutions (like »retina« displays) is
>    an API based on pixels the height of fashion?
>
Not quite sure what you are asking. Point2D.getX() returns a double,
as does most of the api related to dimensions that I can see.

The Node class overview mentions Coordinate Systems, Transformations,
and Bounding Rectangles.

Yes, digital graphical devices are based upon pixels.

Can you point to the specific tutorial you mention?

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Re: Is the API of JavaFX pixel-based? Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-02-03 09:52 -0500
  Re: Is the API of JavaFX pixel-based? Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-02-03 10:59 -0500
    Re: Is the API of JavaFX pixel-based? Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-02-03 14:43 -0500
    Re: Is the API of JavaFX pixel-based? Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-02-04 09:05 -0500
      Re: Is the API of JavaFX pixel-based? Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-02-04 09:21 -0500
        Re: Is the API of JavaFX pixel-based? Richard Maher <maher_rjSPAMLESS@hotmail.com> - 2015-02-05 06:18 +0800
          Re: Is the API of JavaFX pixel-based? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2015-02-04 19:46 -0500
        Re: Is the API of JavaFX pixel-based? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2015-02-04 19:49 -0500

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