Add getEditor() method to ComboBox

Tom Eugelink tbee at tbee.org
Wed Mar 14 00:47:19 PDT 2012


Ah, yes, this is roughly what I was expecting :-)

Tom



On 2012-03-14 08:44, Tadashi Ohmura wrote:
> What about to add  getEditor() method  to ComboBox and also to JFXtras' spinner
>
> If we want to set any input filter for a combobox
> we get a text input control and set change listener onto text property of the text input control
>
>   public TextInputControl getEditor()
>     get a text input control if the combobox is editable
>
>
> Best regards
>   Tadashi Ohmura
>
> (2012/03/14 15:19), Jonathan Giles wrote:
>> Yes, the text value would be set on every keystroke - it would be bound to the text property on TextField, which works in precisely this manner.
>>
>> Also, you're correct, the text property would only be useful in edit mode. In non-edit mode the property will never change.
>>
>> -- Jonathan
>>
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>> On 14/03/2012 7:17 p.m., Tom Eugelink wrote:
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>>> So this is a feature for edit mode only. When would the property be set? On every keystroke?
>>>
>>> Tom
>>>
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>>> On 2012-03-14 01:53, Jonathan Giles wrote:
>>>> Hi all (yet again),
>>>>
>>>> A quick one this time: http://javafx-jira.kenai.com/browse/RT-19589
>>>>
>>>> I'm wanting to add a text property to ComboBox, to allow for people to easily set the text in the ComboBox without committing it to being a value. More importantly, this also allows for developers to extract the content of the ComboBox TextField without having to have end-users press the Enter key to commit the text into the value property.
>>>>
>>>> Without this end users who want to support Enter-less committing of content have to reach into the ComboBox skin, which is not particularly pleasant.
>>>>
>>>> Any thoughts?
>>>>
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