“Metro” Table For Java (JavaFX)

Hi again, this time the TableView “Metro” style gets added to the JMetro JavaFX theme. This amps up the JMetro version to 3.1.0.

The reason why I didn’t add the Table style before is because strangely there isn’t yet a definition for the Table in the Fluent Design System (previously Metro). There is a preview control, called DataGrid but is still in preview and will only be officially added later.

The JMetro Table style is a custom made style I’ve done based on the Fluent Design System’s other controls and guide lines.

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Java’s “Metro” theme recap and new version

[Update: This article has been updated on 21 June, 2018]

This is what I’ll be covering in this post:

  • I’ll give my personal opinion on why I think Java, JavaFX theme JMetro, is a better option than the aging (more than 5 years old), default, Modena theme;
  • Show some applications that use JMetro: two NASA apps (!!), one I’ve done for a client some time ago, and a really nice-looking app I found on the internet;
  • JMetro has been updated, I’ll be detailing the new update;
  • I’ll clear up some things about “Metro” and JMetro.

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FXParallax: parallax in Java version 2

I’ve added two new controls to FXParallax library. The first and most important one, ParallaxPane, creates the possibility of adding a parallax effect to any Node subclass. The second, AnimatedScrollPane extends ScrollPane by making the scroll animated.

In the FXParallax category you can check out my previous blog posts about this library.

In this post I’m going to describe the mentioned additions to FXParallax.

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FXParallax – Parallax library for Java (JavaFX)

I have just released FXParallax, a library for adding parallax effects to Java (JavaFX). In my first post I’ve started to explain what parallax is, where it’s being used and my first implementation of it.

Since my first post, I’ve changed several things: implementation, bugs, API, etc.

FXParallax is composed of a set of controls that are either already ready to use and have a parallax effect or are a general purpose control that makes it easy for you to add a parallax effect to a UI component.

Currently only one control exists in this library: ParallaxListView, it’s a ListView with a parallax effect.

I’ve added a page with documentation for this library, you should check it out here.

Future developments

I plan to add a general purpose control, probably named ParallaxPane. It will allow you to more easily create a UI component with a parallax effect. It will accept a collection of layers and will probably allow some way of defining the scroll speed.

Unless there is a high demand I won’t be doing this in the near future. There are other things I’d like to do first.