Why don't GridPane, HBox, BorderPane, VBox, StackPane have Skins?
Kevin Rushforth
kevin.rushforth at oracle.com
Fri Apr 26 14:45:57 UTC 2019
Those are layout containers, not UI controls. Given their purpose -- to
be containers for laying out children -- it would seem odd for them to
have skins. The ability to CSS-style a Pane should be sufficient to do
what you want.
-- Kevin
On 4/26/2019 6:13 AM, Alex Sviridov wrote:
> I am studying JavaFX API and can't understand why GridPane, HBox, BorderPane, VBox, StackPane don't have Skins. According to Skin API doc:
>> Base class for defining the visual representation of user interface controls by defining a scene graph of nodes to represent the skin. A user interface control is abstracted behind the Skinnable interface.
> Why do JavaFX developers use skins only for controls, but not for the above panes? I am asking, because these panes also have visual representation. For example, we can set color, they have children which can be placed somehow differently etc. Could anyone explain?
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