Properties Extractor: Best way to get the ListView instantly updating its elements

This post is about how to deal with JavaFX ListViews and TableViews and how these controls are getting informed about changed content of the contained elements. I wonder why I didn’t find anything about the following pattern in the relevant books as this is a really crucial mechanism. Many posts out there suggest to force… Continue Reading Properties Extractor: Best way to get the ListView instantly updating its elements

MQTT.fx 0.0.10 released

MQTT.fx 0.0.10 was released. Download latest binaries in all flavours at mqttfx.org. Bugs and feature requests can be reported via the issue tracker. New in this version: MQTT-Message Clipboard Option to copy the message payload to clipboard Service menus at publish and subscription panel: now you can clear received messages buffer and the recent topics… Continue Reading MQTT.fx 0.0.10 released

ShichimiFX – Yet another JavaFX utils lib

ShichimiFX is a small lib containing helper/util classes extracted from my other projects which I commonly need. The lib will be extended if it turns out that I need a util class in more than one project… (Shichimi is my favorite Japanese spice mixture) And yes it also yet another utils lib containing (among others):… Continue Reading ShichimiFX – Yet another JavaFX utils lib

The JDK 8u20 “Tap trap”

When switching MQTT.fx to JDK 8u20 I was nicked by the fix of RT-24658. The fix definitely makes sense but may clash with my TabPaneDetacher approach. In MQTT.fx the content of the Tabs is disabled as long the MQTT-Broker is not connected. And I am using Property Bindings for this. E.g. in the PublishController “publishBox”… Continue Reading The JDK 8u20 “Tap trap”

FontAwesomeFX 8.0.10 released

FontAwesomeFX 8.0.10 introduces Stacked Icons and FXML support Binaries: Download Sources: Bitbucket Maven: <dependency> <groupId>de.jensd</groupId> <artifactId>fontawesomefx</artifactId> <version>8.0.10</version> </dependency> Stacked Icons FontAwesome is featuring Stacked Icons which is clearly also for JavaFX Applications this is a useful feature. To support Stackend Icons FontAwesomeFX 8.0.10 comes with two new classes: AwesomeIconsStack and Icon. AwesomeIconsStack is basically a… Continue Reading FontAwesomeFX 8.0.10 released

MQTT.fx 0.0.9 released

A new version of MQTT.fx is available (probably the last release before JavaOne) Download latest binaries in all flavours: mqttfx.org. Bugs and feature requests can be reported via the issue tracker. This release comes with some new features: Message Font Size (in respect to Gerrit Grunwald @hansolo_) To improve ledibility of large message bodies now… Continue Reading MQTT.fx 0.0.9 released