Make Fullscreen Warning overlay none-mandatory

[Tom Schindl]

Hi David,

That sounds great I'll writeup a proposal and will work on a patch.

Tom

Am 07.03.13 18:06, schrieb David Hill:
> On 3/7/13 Mar 7, 10:12 AM, David Hill wrote:
>> On 3/7/13 Mar 7, 9:57 AM, Tom Schindl wrote:
>>> Hi Kevin,
>>>
>>> So because it is not scheduled for a release I guess there's no chance
>>> it gets included in JFX8 (although it has 42 votes as of now) because we
>>> are post API freeze.
>>>
>>> Like I said because the source is now open I'm happy to work on a patch
>>> but for this I'd first like to know if it could be in any circumstance
>>> considered for FX8 or it simply is too late.
>>
>> The Embedded team has a related issue  ( RT-25018
>> <http://javafx-jira.kenai.com/browse/RT-25018>) that will need to be
>> addressed before SE8, so I think this likely to be resolved with that.
>> Our problem is that in a touch only situation, the extra insult is
>> that there is no ESC key to press....  Also - our target market is one
>> which the apps will generally be fullscreen.
> Tom,
>    if you would like to work on this, I would be happy to help and get
> it committed.
> 
> There are a couple of ways we would want to make it so that we could
> disable the ESC message:
>    A Stage API
>    Detect when there is no keyboard present (likely in many Embedded
> applications).
> 
> The Stage API would allow dedicated applications (like in a kiosk) to
> declare their dislike of the message.
> What should we use for a name though ? Nothing I have thought of so far
> is very pleasant.
>    Stage.setDisableFullScreenWarning()   (ick)
> Kevin suggested to me:
>     Stage.setEnableFullScreenWarning(boolean) with a default of true.
> 
> 
> Dave Hill
>>
>> Dave
>>> Tom
>>>
>>> Am 07.03.13 15:25, schrieb Kevin Rushforth:
>>>> There is already a JIRA filed for this:
>>>> http://javafx-jira.kenai.com/browse/RT-15314
>>>>
>>>> -- Kevin
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hendrik Ebbers wrote:
>>>>> +1
>>>>>
>>>>> Am 07.03.2013 um 11:50 schrieb Philipp Dörfler<phdoerfler at gmail.com>:
>>>>>
>>>>>  
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yes please! Make the fullscreen hint optional. The warning might be
>>>>>> warranted for JavaFX applications running in the browser (if there is
>>>>>> still somebody out there with an enabled Java Plug-in *hint hint*,
>>>>>> sorry :p ). For desktop applications it is quite unnecessary IMO and
>>>>>> in addition to the warning, the keybinding (ESC) hurts, too: Games
>>>>>> for instance usually show a menu and pause the game when pressing
>>>>>> ESC.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In addition to the options outlined by Tom (from which I would choose
>>>>>> "b)", I would like to throw in an additional one:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> c) If the JavaFX app is running from within the browser keep the
>>>>>> current behavior.
>>>>>> If it is running as a stand alone app, enter fullscreen silently,
>>>>>> don't show a warning and don't associate ESC with
>>>>>> setFullScreen(false)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>> ~ Philipp
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Am 07.03.2013 um 11:24 schrieb Tom Schindl
>>>>>> <tom.schindl at bestsolution.at>:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Before I file a JIRA-Ticket I'd like to start a dicussion here to
>>>>>>> find
>>>>>>> out if my point of view is completely wrong.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If you currently put a Stage into Fullscreen mode it displays the
>>>>>>> message "Press ESC to exit full-screen mode.".
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The first problem with the overlay presented is that while the
>>>>>>> Group is
>>>>>>> big enough for the English-Text it looks like nobody ever checked
>>>>>>> this
>>>>>>> with the german translation ("Dr\u00FCcken Sie ESC, um den
>>>>>>> Vollbildmodus
>>>>>>> zu beenden.") - I'll file a JIRA for it anyways.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Still this is not my problem. What I'd like to suggest is that I
>>>>>>> as a
>>>>>>> developer can turn of the forced overlay.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I could think of multiple possibilities:
>>>>>>> a) through a System-Property
>>>>>>> (-Djavafx.quantum.fullscreenwarning=false)
>>>>>>> b) through an API on the Stage
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What do you think about a) or b) is there a chance to get something
>>>>>>> like
>>>>>>> this in FX8, or is it too late already? Do you see any reason
>>>>>>> turning of
>>>>>>> the overlay could cause problems?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Since the quantum sources are now available I'd be able to
>>>>>>> implement a
>>>>>>> desired feature using a) or b) and provide a patch.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Tom
>>>>>>>
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>>
>>
>> -- 
>> David Hill<David.Hill at Oracle.com>
>> Java Embedded Development
>>
>> "A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should
>> survey the world."
>> -- George Santayana (1863 - 1952)
> 
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