Writing Custom UI Controls

[Elisa Deaibess]

Hi,

Thanks again Greg. For sure I'll look at the recommended FXML

Can anyone please advise if it is safe to use
com.sun.javafx.scene.control.skin.SkinBase?
 is it considered "public"?  Or it can be removed in the next releases?

Regards,
Elisa

On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 4:22 PM, Greg Brown <greg.x.brown at oracle.com> wrote:

> For small, self-contained controls like a search field or breadcrumb,
> option #1 is probably best (though I'm not sure if it is considered
> "public" yet - someone else may want to comment on that). For more complex
> controls that aggregate other controls (such as a ribbon), I'd suggest #2.
> I'd also highly recommend looking into FXML if possible.
> Greg
>
> On Jul 16, 2012, at 9:07 AM, Elisa Deaibess wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Thanks Greg for your response.
> Currently we aren't using FXML, we are using JavaFX java api.
>
> Regards,
> Elisa
>
> On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 3:55 PM, Greg Brown <greg.x.brown at oracle.com>wrote:
>
>> > We are writing a new application using JavaFX 2.x. Our application needs
>> > some custom controls such as a searchfield, listoptions, ribbon,
>> > breadcrumbs, etc...
>> >
>> > We decided to write common reusable controls; To do that we have 2 ways:
>> >
>> >   1. Make our controls extends Control and create new skin
>> >   2. Extend some layout container or other control
>>
>> JavaFX 2.2 contains some new features that make #2 much easier if you are
>> defining the structure of your custom controls using FXML. See the "Custom
>> Components" section of the "Introduction to FXML" document in the 2.2
>> Javadoc for more information.
>>
>> Greg
>>
>>
>>
>
>