StageStyle and unified toolbars on the Mac

[Richard Bair]

Hmm, tried a transparent background but it didn't look like it would work. You may want to file a bug on this.

Thanks
Richard

On Feb 22, 2012, at 7:04 AM, Stephen Winnall wrote:

> I'm trying to create a unified toolbar on the Mac using JavaFX 2.1 b13. For those who don't know what that is, there's an example (albeit for Qt) at
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> 	http://labs.qt.nokia.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/oldandunified.png
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> (The bottom variant is the unified toolbar).
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> I've managed this with Swing using Java 1.6. You do it by creating a JFrame with apple.awt.brushMetalLook set to TRUE and adding a transparent JToolBar at the top of the frame. It looks like this (after appropriate styling of the JToolBar and its buttons):
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> 	http://yfrog.com/mrh1ydp
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> You can then add further content (e.g. in a JPanel with a white background) after the toolbar.
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> I can't see how to do this with JavaFX. In fact, I suspect it is impossible, because a Stage either has a solid white background or is completely transparent according to StageStyle. Is there any way of suppressing the sold white background? Why does a Stage have to have a white background at all? Shouldn't it just provide the boards (to stick with the theatre metaphor)? The white background belongs to the scene, surely?
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> Perhaps there's another way of making a unified toolbar?
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> Cheers
> Steve