StageStyle and unified toolbars on the Mac

[Kevin Rushforth]

In that case, maybe a separate property would be better, rather than a 
new StageStyle.

-- Kevin


Pavel Safrata wrote:
> Kevin, if I understand the request correctly, the goal is to have 
> system default background, not transparent one and not white one.
> Pavel
>
> On 23.2.2012 14:47, Kevin Rushforth wrote:
>> 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
>>>>>
>>>