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

[Tom Schindl]

There've been no answers to my questions (mail of Apr 13th).

Tom

Am 23.04.12 21:49, schrieb Jonathan Giles:
> On behalf of Kinsley, I would like to see an official +1 on this
> request. Otherwise, we will assume approval was received by default in
> 24 hours.
> 
> -- Jonathan
> 
> 
> On 14/04/2012 9:31 a.m., Kinsley Wong wrote:
>> 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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