StageStyle and unified toolbars on the Mac

[Kevin Rushforth]

But since there will always be a Scene, wouldn't the following suffice?

    scene.setFill(Color.TRANSPARENT);
    stage.initStageStyle(StageStyle.DECORATED_TRANSPARENT);
    stage.setScene(scene);

-- Kevin


Stephen Winnall wrote:
> Hi Kevin
>
> Whereas DECORATED_TRANSPARENT is also a possible desirable StageStyle, 
> it wouldn't solve my problem. I just need 
> DECORATED_WITHOUT_ANYTHING_ELSE (what I call bare boards). I think the 
> point is that the Stage should not provide any sort of background, 
> just what the native windowing system provides. Any background is a 
> task for the Scene. In my view, instead of StageStyle, Stage should 
> have provided #decorated, #transparent and #utility as three 
> independent properties.
>
> Cheers
> Steve
>
> On 23 Feb 2012, at 14:04, Kevin Rushforth wrote:
>
>> Thanks for filing this. I added the following comment to the JIRA:
>>
>> "One way to provide the desired capability would be to add 
>> StageStyle.DECORATED_TRANSPARENT, perhaps with a shorter name."
>>
>> -- Kevin
>>
>>
>> Stephen Winnall wrote:
>>> Given the text of the StageStyle Javadoc:
>>>
>>> "	DECORATED
>>> 	Defines a normal Stage style with a solid white background and platform decorations.
>>>
>>> 	TRANSPARENT
>>> 	Defines a Stage style with a transparent background and no decorations.
>>>
>>> 	UNDECORATED
>>> 	Defines a Stage style with a solid white background and no decorations.
>>>
>>> 	UTILITY
>>> 	Defines a Stage style with a solid white background and minimal platform decorations used for a utility window.
>>> ", 
>>> I suspect the software is performing to spec., i.e. it's not a bug, strictly speaking :-)
>>>
>>> But I've submitted a feature report  (I'm not that familiar with Jira and am new to JavaFX 2). You can see it at
>>>
>>> 	http://javafx-jira.kenai.com/browse/RT-19834
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> Steve
>>>
>>> On 22 Feb 2012, at 19:27, Richard Bair wrote:
>>>
>>>   
>>>> 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
>>>>>
>>>>> 	http://labs.qt.nokia.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/oldandunified.png
>>>>>
>>>>> (The bottom variant is the unified toolbar).
>>>>>
>>>>> 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):
>>>>>
>>>>> 	http://yfrog.com/mrh1ydp
>>>>>
>>>>> You can then add further content (e.g. in a JPanel with a white background) after the toolbar.
>>>>>
>>>>> 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?
>>>>>
>>>>> Perhaps there's another way of making a unified toolbar?
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers
>>>>> Steve
>>>>>       
>>>
>>>   
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