B4J Question TableView Header color

imbault

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Hi,

Does anyone knows how to setup TableView header color ? (TextColor and BackGround)

I'd like this :

upload_2018-2-27_9-44-55.png



Thanks a lot
 

ThRuST

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You might want to try this

tableview_header.JPG


This CSS example will get you started

B4X:
.table-view{
    
    -fx-table-cell-border-color: Black;
    -fx-font-family: Consolas;
    -fx-font-size: 10px;
    -fx-text-weight: Bold;
    -fx-background-insets: 0, 0 0 0 0;
    -fx-padding: 0;

}

.table-view:focused{

    -fx-border-Width: 0;
    -fx-table-cell-border-color: Black;
    -fx-background-insets: 0, 0 0 0 0;
    -fx-padding: 0;

}

/* TableView Column Header */

.table-view .column-header-background{
    -fx-background-color: linear-gradient(#ff0000 0%, #00ff00 100%);
}

.table-view .column-header-background .label{

    -fx-background-color: transparent;
    -fx-font-size: 12px;
    -fx-text-fill: White;
    -fx-font-weight: Bold;

}

.table-view .column-header {
    -fx-table-cell-border-color: transparent;
    -fx-background-color: transparent;
}

.table-view .table-cell{
    -fx-background-color: transparent;
    -fx-table-cell-border-color: #a2a2a2;

    -fx-text-fill: White;
    -fx-font-size: 12px;

}

.table-row-cell{
    -fx-background-color: -fx-table-cell-border-color, #0000ff;

    -fx-background-insets: 0, 0 0 0 0;
    -fx-padding: 0;
    -fx-cell-size: 16px;
}

.table-row-cell:odd{
    -fx-background-color: -fx-table-cell-border-color, #00ff00;

    -fx-background-insets: 0, 0 0 0 0;
    -fx-padding: 0;
}

.table-row-cell:selected {

    -fx-background-color: linear-gradient(#2a2a2a 0%, #6c6c6c 20%, #a8a8a8 40%, #6c6c6c 70%, #2a2a2a 100%);

    -fx-background-insets: 0;
    -fx-background-radius: 0;
}

.table-view > .virtual-flow > .scroll-bar:vertical,
.table-view > .virtual-flow > .scroll-bar:vertical > .track,
.table-view > .virtual-flow > .scroll-bar:vertical > .track-background,
.table-view > .virtual-flow > .scroll-bar:horizontal,
.table-view > .virtual-flow > .scroll-bar:horizontal > .track,
.table-view > .virtual-flow > .scroll-bar:horizontal > .track-background {
    -fx-background-color: #1a1a1a;
    -fx-table-cell-border-color: #0f0f0f;

}
 
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ThRuST

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Modified the code a bit. This looks better.

tableview_header2.JPG


B4X:
.table-view{
    
    -fx-table-cell-border-color: Black;
    -fx-font-family: Consolas;
    -fx-font-size: 10px;
    -fx-text-weight: Bold;
    -fx-background-insets: 0, 0 0 0 0;
    -fx-padding: 0;

}

.table-view:focused{

    -fx-border-Width: 0;
    -fx-table-cell-border-color: Black;
    -fx-background-insets: 0, 0 0 0 0;
    -fx-padding: 0;

}

/* TableView Column Header */

.table-view .column-header-background{
    -fx-background-color: linear-gradient(#000000 0%, #0000ff 100%);

}

.table-view .column-header-background .label{

    -fx-background-color: transparent;
    -fx-font-size: 12px;
    -fx-text-fill: White;
    -fx-font-weight: Bold;

}

.table-view .column-header {
    -fx-table-cell-border-color: transparent;
    -fx-background-color: transparent;

}

.table-view .table-cell{
    -fx-background-color: transparent;
    -fx-table-cell-border-color: #00ff00;

    -fx-text-fill: White;
    -fx-font-size: 12px;

}

.table-row-cell{
    -fx-background-color: -fx-table-cell-border-color, #1a1a1a;

    -fx-background-insets: 0, 0 0 0 0;
    -fx-padding: 0;
    -fx-cell-size: 16px;

}

.table-row-cell:odd{
    -fx-background-color: -fx-table-cell-border-color, #1e1e1e;

    -fx-background-insets: 0, 0 0 0 0;
    -fx-padding: 0;

}

.table-row-cell:selected {

    -fx-background-color: linear-gradient(#2a2a2a 0%, #6c6c6c 20%, #a8a8a8 40%, #6c6c6c 70%, #2a2a2a 100%);

    -fx-background-insets: 0;
    -fx-background-radius: 0;

}

.table-view > .virtual-flow > .scroll-bar:vertical,
.table-view > .virtual-flow > .scroll-bar:vertical > .track,
.table-view > .virtual-flow > .scroll-bar:vertical > .track-background,
.table-view > .virtual-flow > .scroll-bar:horizontal,
.table-view > .virtual-flow > .scroll-bar:horizontal > .track,
.table-view > .virtual-flow > .scroll-bar:horizontal > .track-background {
    -fx-background-color: #1a1a1a;

    -fx-table-cell-border-color: #0f0f0f;

}

I hope you like it :)
 
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ThRuST

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You're welcome :) Please check out my project Athena which I develope in B4J. The CSS I shared is part of my project. It's a vital part of my project. You'll find it here
 
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Daestrum

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or did you mean you wanted this effect
colouredTableHeaders.png


If so the code is
B4X:
Sub AppStart (Form1 As Form, Args() As String)
 MainForm = Form1
 MainForm.RootPane.LoadLayout("lay11") 'Load the layout file.
 MainForm.Stylesheets.Add(File.GetUri(File.DirAssets, "tb.css"))
 MainForm.Show
 Dim cols As List
 cols = asJO(TableView1).RunMethodJO("getColumns",Null)
 Dim cnt As Int = 1
 For Each col As JavaObject In cols
  col.RunMethodJO("getStyleClass",Null).RunMethod("add",Array("col"&cnt))
  cnt = cnt + 1
 Next
 TableView1.Items.Add(Array(1,2,4))
 TableView1.Items.Add(Array(2,2,3))
 TableView1.Items.Add(Array(3,2,2))
 TableView1.Items.Add(Array(4,2,1))
End Sub
Sub asJO(o As JavaObject) As JavaObject
 Return o
End Sub

And the css file is
B4X:
.table-view .column-header.col1 .label {
    -fx-background-color: red;
}
.table-view .column-header.col2 .label {
    -fx-background-color: green;
}
.table-view .column-header.col3 .label {
    -fx-background-color: blue;
}
 
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Daestrum

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Add this to the css file

B4X:
.noheader .column-header-background {
    -fx-max-height: 0;
    -fx-pref-height: 0;
    -fx-min-height: 0;
}
And add the style class to the tableview
B4X:
TableView1.StyleClasses.Add("noheader")
 
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RWK

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How would I format this if I want to set it in the extra css property in the designer?
B4X:
.table-view .column-header.col1 .label {
    -fx-background-color: red;
}
.table-view .column-header.col2 .label {
    -fx-background-color: green;
}
.table-view .column-header.col3 .label {
    -fx-background-color: blue;
}
 
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Daestrum

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I don't think the TableColumns are available in the designer so there would no way to apply extra css to individual columns.
(Erel may know a way to get to the columns)
 
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shhammer5634

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Posting this in case anyone else needs to set individual tableview column header colors. I had a need to set individual column headers to different colors as well. After much experimenting based on the code from @Daestrum I built this subroutine.

B4X:
Sub SetColumnHeaderStyle(tv As TableView, Index As Int, Style As String)
    Dim jo As JavaObject = tv
    Dim Column As JavaObject = jo.RunMethodJO("getColumns", Null).RunMethod("get", Array(Index))
    Column.RunMethodJO("getStyleClass",Null).RunMethod("add",Array(Style))
    Column.RunMethodJO("getStyleClass",Null).RunMethod("add",Array("header" & Style))
End Sub

tv is the name of the TableView you're working with.
Index is the column number you want to change. Remember that this is a zero based value. Example: column 1 is really column 0.
Style is the name of the style you want to use. In this case it's the .xxxxxx or .yyyyyy that is after .column-header.

The CSS that goes with this is:

CSS:
.table-view .column-header.xxxxxx .label {
    -fx-background-color: darkgrey;
}

.table-view .column-header.yyyyyy .label {
    -fx-background-color: lightgrey;
}

.table-view .column-header.headerxxxxxx {
    -fx-background-color: darkgrey;
}

.table-view .column-header.headeryyyyyy {
    -fx-background-color: lightgrey;
}

The CSS goes into a file in the files section and mine is added to the form that has the tableview using this line of code:

B4X:
    MainForm.Stylesheets.Add(File.GetUri(File.DirAssets, "tv.css"))

tv.css is the name of the file I'm using with the CSS.

I'm using xxxxxx and yyyyyy as a way to differentiate the colors I want to use. Note that there are two of the same color. For example xxxxxx and headerxxxxxx. xxxxxx sets the background color for the label. Headerxxxxxx sets the background color for the column header. In my case, I wanted both the label background and the header background to be the same for a seamless view. To use the subroutine above you need to have both the xxxxxx and headerxxxxxx for each color you want to use. You can replace the xxxxxx with anything you like. You can create as many color pairings as you need. You can also use different colors for the label background and the header background.
 
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