Introducing fontawesomefx-examples project

Some people asked me about a FontAwesomeFX tutorial. Now I started a new project: fontawesomefx-examples at GitHub! The examples will always reflect the latest version of FontAwesomeFX (currently 8.12 which can be loaded from Bintray) and I am going to extend it soon to show all stuff which provided by the lib. FontAweseomFX 8.12 release… Continue Reading Introducing fontawesomefx-examples project

Introducing FontAwesomeFX Glyphs-Browser 1.0

I created a GlyphsBrowser application to browse all Icon Fonts provided by  FontAweseomFX 8.12: (Given Java 8 > update 40 is installed on you machine) You can find the code at GitHub. Download FontAwesomeFX 8.12 from Bintray. FontAweseomFX 8.12 release informations

Ordering via SortedList (and Properties Extractor)

Quite a while ago (almost 1,5 years 😱) I wrote a post about the JavaFX way to get ListViews and TableViews instantly updated on model data change: using Properties Extractor pattern. TableColumns have a build-in support for sorting the data per column: just double-click the column header (. But how to order ListViews or get… Continue Reading Ordering via SortedList (and Properties Extractor)

How to allow users to customize the UI

Idea Take advantage of the declarative design pattern of JavafX/FXML and allow users to customize a certain view without any coding just by opening it with e.g. SceneBuilder to re-arrange the layout or add new controls or even change the style according to the users needs. The FXML file + CSS can be basically be… Continue Reading How to allow users to customize the UI