JavaFX vs Swing (was: How to make my java applets more user friendly)

From:
ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram)
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
13 Jul 2014 14:47:09 GMT
Message-ID:
<JavaFX-20140713164157@ram.dialup.fu-berlin.de>
ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) writes:

JavaFX


  JavaFX vs Swing:

public final class Main extends javafx.application.Application
{ @java.lang.Override
  public void start( final javafx.stage.Stage window )
  { window.setScene( new javafx.scene.Scene( new javafx.scene.control.TextField( "text" )));
    window.show(); }}

public final class Main implements java.lang.Runnable
{ @java.lang.Override public void run()
  { final javax.swing.JFrame frame = new javax.swing.JFrame();
    frame.add( new javax.swing.JTextField( "text" ));
    frame.setDefaultCloseOperation( javax.swing.JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE );
    frame.pack(); frame.setVisible( true ); }
  public static void main( final java.lang.String[] args )
  { javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater( new Main() ); }}

  Observations:

  - The text in the text field of Swing is normal-sized here,
    while the text in the text field of JavaFX is small.

  - One can use the Swing GUI without the mouse (one can write
    into the text field). In order to write into the text field
    in the JavaFX GUI, one first has to use the mouse and click
    into the text field. The tab key has not that effect.

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