B4J Library ControlsFX Library

ControlsFX is a large open source library that extends JavaFX: http://fxexperience.com/controlsfx/features/
It requires Java 8.

jControlsFX is a wrapper for several controls and features from this library.

The following controls are supported:
BreadCrumbBar, CheckComboBox, ColorPicker, HyperlinkLabel, InfoOverlay, ListSelectionView, SegmentedButton, Separator and StatusBar.
You can see them in the screenshot (Mac version) and attached project.
You can download the compiled version of this example: www.b4x.com/b4j/files/ControlsFXExample.jar

It also includes a class with useful features named ControlsUtils.
ControlsUtils allows you to:
- Set the nodes background color or image.
- Add a decoration to a node (like the exclamation mark near the text field above).
- Show notifications.
- Set the size of nodes even if you do not know the node type.

PropertySheet:

https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/propertysheet.50863/#post-318066

Note that the library is included in B4J installation.

 

[koaunglay]

Read the second line of the first post. It require Java 8 minimum.

Thanks jmon! Now it's ok! I've installed Java 8. Thanks! Thanks a lot.

 

[Giorgos_xou]

project is being compiled and application closes automatically and i have an error

but when i run the jar file runs

Program started.
java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/sun/javafx/scene/traversal/ParentTraversalEngine
at anywheresoftware.b4a.BA.raiseEvent2(BA.java:114)
at anywheresoftware.b4a.ShellBA.raiseEvent2(ShellBA.java:82)
at anywheresoftware.b4a.BA.raiseEvent(BA.java:84)
at b4j.example.main.start(main.java:36)
at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl$8.run(LauncherImpl.java:837)
at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl$7.run(PlatformImpl.java:335)
at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl$6$1.run(PlatformImpl.java:301)
at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl$6$1.run(PlatformImpl.java:298)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl$6.run(PlatformImpl.java:298)
at com.sun.glass.ui.InvokeLaterDispatcher$Future.run(InvokeLaterDispatcher.java:95)
at com.sun.glass.ui.win.WinApplication._runLoop(Native Method)
at com.sun.glass.ui.win.WinApplication.access$300(WinApplication.java:39)
at com.sun.glass.ui.win.WinApplication$4$1.run(WinApplication.java:112)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/sun/javafx/scene/traversal/ParentTraversalEngine
at org.controlsfx.control.ButtonBar.<init>(ButtonBar.java:412)
at org.controlsfx.control.ButtonBar.<init>(ButtonBar.java:355)
at org.controlsfx.control.action.ActionUtils.createButtonBar(ActionUtils.java:429)
at impl.org.controlsfx.skin.NotificationBar.updatePane(NotificationBar.java:164)
at impl.org.controlsfx.skin.NotificationBar.<init>(NotificationBar.java:160)
at org.controlsfx.control.Notifications$NotificationPopupHandler$1.<init>(Notifications.java:332)
at org.controlsfx.control.Notifications$NotificationPopupHandler.show(Notifications.java:332)
at org.controlsfx.control.Notifications$NotificationPopupHandler.show(Notifications.java:317)
at org.controlsfx.control.Notifications.show(Notifications.java:263)
at org.controlsfx.control.Notifications.showInformation(Notifications.java:238)
at anywheresoftware.b4j.objects.ControlsUtils.ShowNotification3(ControlsUtils.java:142)
at b4j.example.main._loadrecords(main.java:206)
at b4j.example.main._appstart(main.java:118)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:483)
at anywheresoftware.b4a.shell.Shell.runMethod(Shell.java:563)
at anywheresoftware.b4a.shell.Shell.raiseEventImpl(Shell.java:224)
at anywheresoftware.b4a.shell.Shell.raiseEvent(Shell.java:156)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:483)
at anywheresoftware.b4a.BA.raiseEvent2(BA.java:93)
... 14 more
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.sun.javafx.scene.traversal.ParentTraversalEngine
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:372)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:361)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:360)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:424)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:308)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:357)
... 39 more


help please

 

[Erel]

Are you using Java 8?

 

[Giorgos_xou]

Are you using Java 8?

yes

 

[jmon]

yes

did you set the path to the SDK correctly in B4J?

 

[Giorgos_xou]

did you set the path to the SDK correctly in B4J?

i think so ... i can compile without any problem any other project even if i have jControlsFX library Checked on IDE....

 

[jmon]

I mean did you point it correctly to

C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.8.0_51\bin\javac.exe

?
you need java 8u20 minimum.

 

[Giorgos_xou]

I mean did you point it correctly to ?
you need java 8u20 minimum.

i had jdk1.8.0_05 i download right now the jdk1.8.0_51 version
... and yes it works Thanks you

 

[ivan.tellez]

@Erel

It would be amazing if you add support for ControlsFX in the internal designer

 

[rwblinn]

Hi,

compiled the example using Java 1.8.0_66 and received error when calling

Sub AppStart (Form1 As Form, Args() As String)
    cutils.DisableCssWarnings
    warningDecoration = fx.LoadImage(File.DirAssets, "exclamation.png")

main._appstart (java line: 60)
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/sun/javafx/Logging

Seems a change in the API. Any hint how to resolve?

 

[Erel]

For now remove this method and it should work.

 

[rwblinn]

Removed - the UI comes up, but when using f.e. the RangeSlider Control or the NotificationButton, following error:

java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/sun/javafx/Utils

Looked the ControlsFX site and downloaded based on info: For users of JavaFX 8u40 and greater, download ControlsFX 8.40.10.

BUT it did not resolve the problem.

BTW: When using the latest RemoteControl example, which also uses ControlsFX same errors.

 

[Erel]

Have you copied controlsfx-8.jar to the internal libraries folder?

 

[rwblinn]

Yes = copied controlsfx-8.40.10.jar and renamed to controlsfx-8.jar --- basically replacing the previous controlsfx-8.jar version 8.20.8.

 

[Erel]

Make sure that you copied it to the internal libraries folder rather than the additional libraries folder.

 

[rwblinn]

Oops = Overlooked that controlsfx is part of the standard B4J libraries (... there are so many B4J libs - sometimes confused which are core and which are additional).
Moved over and working fine now - expect the disablecsswarning.

Thanks for your help - appreciated.

 

[Erel]

I've updated / removed the installation instructions from the first post as they are no longer required.

 

[jmon]

I just wanted to say that for users that used ControlFx since java 8u20, updating should be done this way:

1. Install the latest B4J
2. Install the latest java 8 JDK (8u66)
3. Delete the old "controlsfx-8.jar", "jControlsFX.jar", jControlsFX.xml" from your additional libraries folder
4. Download http://fxexperience.com/downloads/controlsfx-8.40.10.zip, rename "controlsfx-8.40.10.jar" to "controlsfx-8.jar" and copy it to your internal libraries folder (in program files), overwriting the one that came with B4J.

That works for me.

 

[DonManfred]

Note that the library is included in B4J installation.

I tried to recompile the library. I added the source to eclipse and look out for errors.

With one import i stuck:

import com.sun.javafx.Logging;

which jar do i need to reference to get this import work?

My actual trying are

 

[Erel]

Just remove it and leave DisableCssWarnings empty. It is no longer required.