API REVIEW request for RT17668 Disable/enable tabs in a TabPane

[Kinsley Wong]

Currently it is implemented exactly as Jonathan describes.  The user 
cannot interact with a disabled tab.  A disabled styled tab is still 
selectable programatically.  Also the tab content is not disabled when 
the tab is disabled.

Kinsley

On 4/13/2012 1:47 AM, Jonathan Giles wrote:
> +1...mostly.
>
> Without having spoken to Kinsley  (I walked in the door 10 minutes ago 
> from JavaOne Japan / vacation), my gut feeling is that 'disable' 
> should make the tab unable to be interacted with by the user, but it 
> should still be selectable programatically (with the tab having the 
> required disable look). I don't think the Tab content should be 
> disabled when the Tab is however.
>
> I don't think it is necessary to include the selectable property, but 
> I might be missing something.
>
> -- Jonathan
>
>
> On 13/04/2012 4:57 p.m., Tom Eugelink wrote:
>>
>> One non-mainstream scenario could be considered: the situation where 
>> a tab is not selectable by the user anymore, only programmatically, 
>> but the contents are still enabled (e.g. a wizard with enforced steps).
>>
>> This could be achieved by making the calls below only influence the 
>> tab itself, not the content, but that would make the programmer 
>> responsible for disabling the content. This is not the main usage 
>> (although, if a tab is disabled, how likely is it the content is 
>> being shown).
>>
>> A better solution would be to also introduce "setSelectable" and 
>> "isSelectable", which is a part of what is needed to implement 
>> "disabled".
>>
>> Tom
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2012-04-12 23:39, Kinsley Wong wrote:
>>> JIRA: http://javafx-jira.kenai.com/browse/RT-17668
>>>
>>> This tweak will add the following api to Tab
>>>
>>>     public final void setDisable(boolean value);
>>>     public final boolean isDisable();
>>>
>>>     /**
>>>      * Sets the disabled state of this tab. Setting
>>>      * disable to true will cause this tab and the tab content to
>>>      * become disabled.
>>>      *
>>>      * @defaultValue false
>>>      */
>>>     public final BooleanProperty disableProperty();
>>>
>>
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