Creating a type of toggle with two labels..

[Leif Samuelsson]

On 2013-12-04 14:54, Leif Samuelsson wrote:
> It seems to me that you could do this with a small class extending ToggleButton.
> Add a couple of String properties and use a selection listener to switch the
> main text value.
>
> You wouldn't need to write any skin or behavior classes, Just define the look
> in CSS and use -fx-label-padding to place the text on the background.

Or maybe just -fx-alignment will be enough.

Leif

> On 2013-12-04 14:05, Pedro Duque Vieira wrote:
>> OK, sounds reasonable. Too bad about the code duplication that will need to
>> take place.
>>
>> Thanks Jonathan and thanks for the link.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 9:39 PM, Jonathan Giles <jonathan.giles at oracle.com>wrote:
>>
>>> It is likely significantly easier to simply roll your own control and
>>> not try to coerce ButtonBase to support two labels.
>>>
>>> For what it is worth, Paru and I talked about precisely this control at
>>> JavaOne 2012, which you can watch on YouTube here:
>>>
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryUTSrGGnvo&list=PLKCk3OyNwIzvw-zzCMJ3xq5SgxL961IFE&index=38
>>>
>>> -- Jonathan
>>>
>>> On 5/12/2013 10:16 a.m., Pedro Duque Vieira wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I'm trying to create a new control to be used by other developers. It is
>>>> know as "Toggle Switch".
>>>> You can see this control in android:
>>>> http://ankri.de/switch-button-for-android-2-3-gingerbread/ in iOS:
>>>> http://iosguides.net/ios-menus-comparison/ (search for "Toggle Switch")
>>> and
>>>> on Windows 8:
>>>>
>>> http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/83f858/manage-the-windows-8-sync-feature/
>>>> (below
>>>> "Step 2").
>>>>
>>>> My approach was to subclass ButtonBase which is itself a subclass of
>>>> Labeled. The problem here is that Labeled only accepts one label but the
>>>> Toggle Switch needs two: one for the "on" state and another for the
>>> "off".
>>>>
>>>> Any ideas on how to best approach this problem?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance, regards,
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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