Table Input

[Daniel Peintner]

Hi,

> I believe the last time I looked at the TableView2 contribution at
> > ControlsFX (which can be used as a TableView replacement), commit on
> focus
> > lost was implemented/supported.
> Do you have a link?
>

The PR has been merged but the contribution is not yet available as
ControlsFX release.
Note: I think the credits go to Jose Pereda (Gluon?)

The easist way to test it is using jpro demo [1] where you can find a
TableView2 section.

Having said that, I don't actually know how it is implemented. I just
noticed commit on focus lost support while playing with this demo.

-- Daniel

[1] https://demos.jpro.one/controlsfx.html



> <http://fxexperience.com/controlsfx/> seems to not have it.
>
> ---rony
>
> > Jonathan Giles <jonathan at jonathangiles.net> schrieb am Mi., 20. Juni
> 2018,
> > 10:28:
> >
> >> Yup,
> >>
> >> A great regret. I wish it were supported, but it isn't due to historical
> >> legacy. There are some small ways you can make some progress, e.g. add
> >> focus listeners on the editor node, but they are half solutions at best.
> >>
> >> -- Jonathan
> >> (Tapped on a touch device)
> >>
> >> On Wed, 20 Jun 2018, 10:25 AM , <fastegal at swingempire.de> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Zitat von Tom Eugelink <tbee at tbee.org>:
> >>>
> >>>> This is a well known and already deeply discussed issue. I'm still
> >>>> not sure where we are with it, but Jonathan knows I believe.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8089514
> >>>
> >>> tbd_major ... since nearly 7 years :(( actually, it took 4 years to
> >>> get the necessity accepted, then another 2 years playing with
> >>> incomplete suggested fixes and then ...
> >>>
> >>> It's a complex problem, requires
> >>>
> >>> a) additional commit/cancel api on the virtual controls to allow
> >>> collaborators to cleanly terminate ongoing edits - this part has still
> >>> been debated
> >>> b) a major cleanup of cell implementations - this part was under way
> >>> (and evolving into the good direction) until Jonathan left
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> CU, Jeanette
> >>>
> >>>> On 19-6-2018 20:53, Ty Young wrote:
> >>>>> On 06/19/2018 10:51 AM, omniprof at gmail.com wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> A minor issue in the Table component existed in previous versions of
> >>> JavaFX
> >>>>>> when editing in a cell was turned on. Only if the Return key was
> >>>>>> pressed was
> >>>>>> the data entered into the backing bean. Leaving the cell with Tab or
> >> by
> >>>>>> mouse did not register the change. I thought just when a cell looses
> >>> focus
> >>>>>> it should trigger updating the bean. I have not looked at the recent
> >>> builds
> >>>>>> but I thought I'd ask if it has come up on anyone's radar. I
> >>>>>> noticed it when
> >>>>>> I moved from teaching Swing to FX.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Ken Fogel
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>> IIRC, this isn't specific to Table. A spinner with editing enabled
> >>>>> also does this and it breaks events(onKeyTyped does nothing).
>
>