Tornado FXControls

CSS Stylable Controls for JavaFX

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DatePickerTableCell

TableCell that supports editing of LocalDate properties with a DatePicker.

DateTimePicker

An extension to the JavaFX DatePicker control that lets you input the the time and date in with a configurable format and operate on a LocalDateTime value.

ListMenu

A menu that behaves and looks like a typical ul/li based HTML5 menu.

ListMenuDemo

NaviSelect

A chooser with a navigate-to button that lets you select an entry and also edit it. The select mechanism must be implemented manually, for example by opening a dialog with a search field and a list view.

Typical use case can be selecting a customer, but the complete customer list cannot be loaded into the dropdown, so you need to open a dialog to choose. The navigate-to button would take you to a customer edit screen.

Customer customer = customerService.getCustomer(42);
NaviSelect<Customer> navi = new NaviSelect<>();
navi.setValue(customer);
navi.setOnEdit(event -> {
    // Show dialog to search for customers, when done, set the new value into the navi
    navi.setValue(newlySelectedCustomer);
});

To override how the customer is rendered in the dropdown you can configure the visual converter:

navi.setVisualConverter(Customer::getName);

Create programatically

ListMenu menu = new ListMenu(
    new ListItem("Contacts", icon(FontAwesomeIcon.USER)),
    new ListItem("Projects", icon(FontAwesomeIcon.SUITCASE)),
    new ListItem("Settings", icon(FontAwesomeIcon.COG))
);

// Listen for selection
menu.activeProperty().addListener((observable, oldValue, newValue) -> {
    // Navigate based on ListItem 'newValue'
});

Create with FXML

<ListMenu orientation="VERTICAL" iconPosition="LEFT">
    <ListItem active="true" text="Contacts">
        <graphic>
            <FontAwesomeIconView glyphName="USER"/>
        </graphic>
    </ListItem>
    <ListItem text="Projects">
        <graphic>
            <FontAwesomeIconView glyphName="SUITCASE"/>
        </graphic>
    </ListItem>
    <ListItem text="Settings">
        <graphic>
            <FontAwesomeIconView glyphName="COG"/>
        </graphic>
    </ListItem>
</ListMenu>

Form layout

Form

A CSS stylable Form layout that is very convenient to use both with FXML and in code.

FXML Example

<Form>
    <Fieldset text="Contact Information" inputGrow="SOMETIMES">
        <Field text="Id">
            <TextField />
        </Field>
        <Field text="Username">
            <TextField />
        </Field>
        <Field text="Zip/City">
            <TextField minWidth="80" maxWidth="80" />
            <TextField />
        </Field>
        <Field>
            <Button text="Save"/>
        </Field>
    </Fieldset>
</Form>

Java Example

Form form = new Form();

Fieldset contactInfo = form.fieldset("Contact Information");

contactInfo.field("Id", new TextField());
contactInfo.field("Username", new TextField());

TextField zipInput = new TextField();
zipInput.setMinWidth(80);
zipInput.setMaxWidth(80);
contactInfo.field("Zip/City", zipInput, new TextField());

contactInfo.field(new Button("Save"));

Responsive layout

A fieldset can lay out it's labels on the same line as the inputs (orientation=HORIZONTAL) or the labels can be laid out above the inputs (orientation=VERTICAL).

By changing the wrapWidth property on a fieldset you can make a fieldset switch from HORIZONTAL to VERTICAL automatically when the form is resized to a smaller width than wrapWidth.

Legends

A fieldset can have an optional icon specified for it's legend by setting the icon property to any node.

CSS

Use the default CSS Stylesheet as a starting point. The substructure of a Form is described below.

Substructure

UnitConverter for TextField (kMGTPE)

Bind a Long property to a TextField with UnitConverter and you can write 2G instead of 2147483648.

TextField storageInput = new TextField()
storageInput.textProperty().bindBidirectional(product.sizeProperty(), new UnitConverter())

Optionally configure binary (true/false) and separator (default "").

DirtyState Tracker

Track dirty states for a collection of properties, with undo feature to rollback changes.

// Track all properties in customer
DirtyState dirtyState = new DirtyState(customer);

// Track only username and password
DirtyStateTracker dirtyState = new DirtyStateTracker(customer,
    customer.usernameProperty(), customer.passwordProperty());

// Disable save button until anything is changed
saveButton.disableProperty().bind(dirtyState.not())

// Undo changes
undoButton.setOnAction(event -> dirtyState.undo());

// Show undo button when changes are performed
undoButton.visibleProperty().bind(dirtyState);

See the JavaDoc for more information and options.

LeanPropertyValueFactory

Fancy having public fields for your JavaFX properties instead of public methods in your model objects? This PropertyValueFactory allows you to use these fields with a TableView:

public class Customer {
    public field idProperty = SimpleObjectProperty<Integer>();
    public field nameProperty = SimpleObjectProperty<String>();
    // Getters and setters if you want :)
}
<TableView>
    <columns>
        <TableColumn text="Id">
            <cellValueFactory>
                <LeanPropertyValueFactory property="id"/>
            </cellValueFactory>
        </TableColumn>
        <TableColumn text="Name">
            <cellValueFactory>
                <LeanPropertyValueFactory property="name"/>
            </cellValueFactory>
        </TableColumn>
    </columns>
</TableView>

Installation

Maven

<dependency>
    <groupId>no.tornado</groupId>
    <artifactId>tornadofx-controls</artifactId>
    <version>1.0.4</version>
</dependency>

Gradle

compile 'no.tornado:tornadofx-controls:1.0.4'