Calendar / DatePicker control

[Christian Schudt]

Hi,

ok, can someone/Jonathan/Tom explain me what to do exactly?

I've looked at the google code and it seems I have to create a clone, where I can work on. I assume this is just like a branch.

It seems there are already about 20 clones... Who will merge all this stuff? Or what is the process of getting a common code base? Honestly I doubt we could have THE one control eventually, since the code bases of the three existing calendar controls are too different.

And what is the difference between JFXtras and OpenJFX? Will stuff from JFXtras be taken into OpenJFX, which eventually will be JavaFX 2.x ?


Christian




Am 22.01.2012 um 21:44 schrieb Jonathan Giles:

> Hi Christian,
> 
> It looks like you've put a heap of effort into this calendar picker - it looks very nice (and I especially like your use of CSS and animation).
> 
> As I said in the post you refer to, there are at least four calendar pickers I know of, and your one takes that to five! :-)
> 
> As you know, a calendar / date picker control is missing from JavaFX, and it is something that I would love to see included as soon as possible. This control could also be an excellent community contribution via OpenJFX. I have been suggesting to all date picker controls developers to move their code to JFXtras, and to work with the other developers on creating a single control that features the best features of all of them.
> 
> Of course, I know this isn't as fun as just writing and owning your own control, so feel free to do that if you want. My suggestion is to those that are keen to see their date picker possibly appear in OpenJFX.
> 
> If you were to move in to JFXtras and merge your work with the other developers, I would recommend basing the foundation on Toms CalendarPickerX [1], as it is built using the full Control API that a JavaFX control should use if it were to be made public.
> 
> [1] http://code.google.com/p/jfxtras/source/browse/controls/src/main/java/jfxtras/scene/control/CalendarPickerX.java
> 
> -- Jonathan
> 
> 
> On 23/01/2012 2:54 a.m., Christian Schudt wrote:
>> Hi together,
>> 
>> I developed a Calendar / DatePicker control recently and thought you might be interested in it.
>> 
>> As Jonathan suggested here (https://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=2280830) I should write a mail here.
>> 
>> I published a short description and the sources here:
>> 
>> http://myjavafx.blogspot.com/2012/01/javafx-calendar-control.html
>> 
>> I also read the UI specs and tried to stick to them, but some things are still missing.
>> 
>> Kind regards,
>> Christian