Validation Support

[Nir Lisker]

Hi Dirk,

JavaFX has some input validation support in terms of focus control and
rejecting invalid characters. Can you  explain what your proposal adds? Are
there JBS issues asking for this?

Thanks,
Nir

On Fri, Mar 1, 2024, 13:50 Dirk Lemmermann <dlemmermann at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I updated the validation framework ValidatorFX today in our project to the
> latest release and I really like it a lot. It is a small compact API and
> works with any observable as opposed to the validation support provided by
> ControlsFX.
>
> Using it made me wonder whether it would make sense to bundle it or
> something like it directly with JavaFX. Developers often mention missing
> validation support as a drawback of using JavaFX. Adding this would take
> one item off from the list of arguments against using JavaFX.
>
> Many UI frameworks do have built-in validation support, e.g. Vaadin [0],
> Angular, [1], or QT [2]
>
> What do you think?
>
> —Dirk
>
> [0]
> https://vaadin.com/docs/latest/binding-data/components-binder-validation
> [1] https://angular.io/guide/form-validation
> [2] https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/qtquick-input-textinput.html
>
>
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