[API REVIEW] RT-29194: Add property to specify how the PopupWindow's position is interpreted

[Richard Bair]

Looks good.

On Apr 24, 2013, at 5:22 AM, LUBOMIR NERAD <lubomir.nerad at oracle.com> wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> this request comes from RT-28775. It should make it easier to set the PopupWindow position on screen by changing the reference point associated with the x, y coordinates. While for regular windows this point is in their upper left corner, for popup windows this point (by default) will be identical with their content origin. So if the content has some additional border (shadow), this feature will make the popup position independent on it.
> 
> You can find more information in:
> 
> https://javafx-jira.kenai.com/browse/RT-28775
> https://javafx-jira.kenai.com/browse/RT-29194
> 
> To control this behavior there should be a new boolean property in PopupWindow. The proposed API is:
> 
> public final void setAlignWithContentOrigin(boolean value);
> public final boolean isAlignWithContentOrigin(); (maybe "get" prefix is better here?)
> public final BooleanProperty alignWithContentOriginProperty();
> 
> The default value will be set to true (the new interpretation of the popup window position).
> 
> Thanks,
> Lubo
>