Add getEditor() method to ComboBox

Tadashi Ohmura omurata at ga2.so-net.ne.jp
Wed Mar 14 01:01:31 PDT 2012


Thank you  Jonathan and Tom

I post a Jira feature request  Runtime RT-20358

Best regards
   Tadashi Ohmura

(2012/03/14 16:47), Jonathan Giles wrote:
> This seems like a fair request to me, however I'd like to handle it 
> separately from the current discussion (I think both API additions are 
> valid, but may operate on separate timelines). Could you please file a 
> Jira feature request for this?
>
> -- Jonathan
>
>
> On 14/03/2012 8:44 p.m., 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
>>>
>>>
>>> On 14/03/2012 7:17 p.m., Tom Eugelink wrote:
>>>>
>>>> So this is a feature for edit mode only. When would the property be 
>>>> set? On every keystroke?
>>>>
>>>> Tom
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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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