Thanks for the help guys! I'll follow Jonathan's advice since I want this to be a control that will be used by other developers so I don't want to have inherited public methods that don't make any sense on this control.
Regards, On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 11:52 PM, David Grieve <david.gri...@oracle.com>wrote: > It could be just about any type of button…with the right css styles! > > On Dec 4, 2013, at 5:57 PM, Leif Samuelsson <leif.samuels...@oracle.com> > wrote: > > > On 2013-12-04 14:54, Leif Samuelsson wrote: > >> It seems to me that you could do this with a small class extending > ToggleButton. > >> Add a couple of String properties and use a selection listener to > switch the > >> main text value. > >> > >> You wouldn't need to write any skin or behavior classes, Just define > the look > >> in CSS and use -fx-label-padding to place the text on the background. > > > > Or maybe just -fx-alignment will be enough. > > > > Leif > > > >> On 2013-12-04 14:05, Pedro Duque Vieira wrote: > >>> OK, sounds reasonable. Too bad about the code duplication that will > need to > >>> take place. > >>> > >>> Thanks Jonathan and thanks for the link. > >>> > >>> Regards, > >>> > >>> > >>> On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 9:39 PM, Jonathan Giles < > jonathan.gi...@oracle.com>wrote: > >>> > >>>> It is likely significantly easier to simply roll your own control and > >>>> not try to coerce ButtonBase to support two labels. > >>>> > >>>> For what it is worth, Paru and I talked about precisely this control > at > >>>> JavaOne 2012, which you can watch on YouTube here: > >>>> > >>>> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryUTSrGGnvo&list=PLKCk3OyNwIzvw-zzCMJ3xq5SgxL961IFE&index=38 > >>>> > >>>> -- Jonathan > >>>> > >>>> On 5/12/2013 10:16 a.m., Pedro Duque Vieira wrote: > >>>>> Hi, > >>>>> > >>>>> I'm trying to create a new control to be used by other developers. > It is > >>>>> know as "Toggle Switch". > >>>>> You can see this control in android: > >>>>> http://ankri.de/switch-button-for-android-2-3-gingerbread/ in iOS: > >>>>> http://iosguides.net/ios-menus-comparison/ (search for "Toggle > Switch") > >>>> and > >>>>> on Windows 8: > >>>>> > >>>> > http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/83f858/manage-the-windows-8-sync-feature/ > >>>>> (below > >>>>> "Step 2"). > >>>>> > >>>>> My approach was to subclass ButtonBase which is itself a subclass of > >>>>> Labeled. The problem here is that Labeled only accepts one label but > the > >>>>> Toggle Switch needs two: one for the "on" state and another for the > >>>> "off". > >>>>> > >>>>> Any ideas on how to best approach this problem? > >>>>> > >>>>> Thanks in advance, regards, > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > > -- Pedro Duque Vieira
