On Sep 22, 2009, at 5:15 PM, Jess Holle wrote: > > Joshua Marinacci wrote: >> Events are projected through the scenegraph. If you click on a >> rectangle it will get the mouse event. If the rectangle doesn't have >> blocksMouse:true set then the event will also go to the nodes below >> it. This is essentially bubbling. You can then register event >> handlers >> for the events you actually care about on the nodes that receive >> them. >> What JavaFX doesn't have yet is a way to receive global events. For >> example, all right clicks in the app to implement a global context >> menu. Or low level keyboard events to the entire window, regardless >> of >> which component has the focus. The are RFEs filed for these use >> cases, >> so we should get them in a future release. > Hmmm.... > > So I should add "contextual menu support" to my list of big holes that > need to be filled in JavaFX prior to even bothering with any attempt > to > use JavaFX for any enterprise application?
Contextual menus can be easily added by attaching a mouse listener to any component which should have the menu. Alternately, you can put a transparent rectangle which fills the scene at the top of the component stack, then put a mouse listener on it. This will give you a global mouse listener. What you *can't* do is filter out the right mouse clicks from the components below you. You must either block all mouse input or allow it all through. We don't have super fine support yet. > Other items in the list include good containers/layouts (of course) > that > handle everything GridBagLayout/GroupLayout/MigLayout handle, and a > component set approximating that in Swing (and most notably including > really great trees and tables). Yep. We are building more controls and more containers. In the meantime there's lots of great 3rd party components and other stuff at www.jfxtras.org . - J > > -- > Jess Holle > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javaposse@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
