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nimakro
11/19/2017, 6:08 AMHey @amanda.hinchman-dominguez have a look at https://edvin.gitbooks.io/tornadofx-guide/content/part1/10.%20FXML.html on how to use fxml in a
, but just keep in mind that the `Controller`in plane JavaFx has nothing to do with the `Controller`in TornadoFX. So the TornadoFX `View`is then the equivalent to the FXML-Controller in plane JavaFX. TheView
class in TornadoFX is more of a general purpose class that can be used with the TornadoFX DI-Framework.Controller👍 1 - n
nimakro
11/19/2017, 6:27 AM@Juan I don't we support any helper function for that at the moment, but you can add a stylesheet with a small inline function your self, like so. Not that this will add a Styles.class to the boarderpane. - u
user
11/19/2017, 12:36 PM@Juan commented on @nimakro’s file https://kotlinlang.slack.com/files/U41021CCB/F83GNN830/-.kt: Thank you, it works. So, no problems or inconveniences using this way? @nimakro - e
edvin
11/19/2017, 2:02 PM@amanda.hinchman-dominguez As you probably figured out by now, the by far easiest way to get hold of an object from your FXML file in the View is to assign it an
attribute and dofx:id
.val myButton: Button by fxid() - e
edvin
11/19/2017, 2:03 PM@Juan An alternative to @nimakro's approach is to use the new
builder to build a stylesheet directly inside the component. @nimakro's approach is better though.stylesheet - e
edvin
11/19/2017, 2:04 PM@nimakro Maybe we should add that
function?addStylesheet - n
nimakro
11/19/2017, 2:11 PM@edvin Yes I can and it later today. Is
still gone work if the stylesheets are not managed through tornadoFX.reloadStylesheetsOnFocus() - e
edvin
11/19/2017, 2:12 PM@nimakro Great! No, I think the stylesheets have to be added to the scene for that to work. - e
edvin
11/19/2017, 2:13 PMI don't think we should start tracking stylesheets added to nodes, that would be heavy. - e
edvin
11/19/2017, 2:13 PMBut of course, we could track stylesheets added with the
function, we'd just have to register them with the view.addStylesheet - n
nimakro
11/19/2017, 2:14 PMSounds like a plan will do it later - e
edvin
11/19/2017, 2:14 PMFantastic 🙂 - a
amanda.hinchman-dominguez
11/19/2017, 3:08 PM@nimakro @edvin thanks for the explanation. I already have my objects in view, I just I was just hoping that I could use a TornadoFX controller to be able to work with 20 view classes, but maybe I could just use a JavaFX controller class or another TornadoFX view class to manipulate them - a
amanda.hinchman-dominguez
11/19/2017, 3:09 PMAlternatively, I might be able to cut down those 20 view classes to 1 with a tornadofx controller and place javafx controllers in that class - e
edvin
11/19/2017, 3:20 PM@amanda.hinchman-dominguez So you'd like to reuse a controller for multiple use? I don't see why you'd want that, or what benefit that would give? - e
edvin
11/19/2017, 3:20 PMI think you might be misunderstanding something. - a
amanda.hinchman-dominguez
11/19/2017, 3:21 PMpossibly - I have roughly 20 views that more or less have the same set up, but with different fxmls injected. I'm looking at how I can modulate that into just one view now - e
edvin
11/19/2017, 3:22 PMSure. Why would you even want to? - e
edvin
11/19/2017, 3:22 PMbrb - a
amanda.hinchman-dominguez
11/19/2017, 3:23 PMI have 20 different fxmls I need to work with but all will have the same functionality - a
amanda.hinchman-dominguez
11/19/2017, 3:23 PMthose fxmls have different tile layouts meant for customizable homepage generation - a
amanda.hinchman-dominguez
11/19/2017, 3:27 PMWhat I'm trying to do now is more a Kotlin question working with Java functions - a
amanda.hinchman-dominguez
11/19/2017, 3:37 PMcan you only use val in a controller in a view if it's observable? - a
amanda.hinchman-dominguez
11/19/2017, 3:40 PM@amanda.hinchman-dominguez uploaded a file: i.e. Editing Models and Validation - a
amanda.hinchman-dominguez
11/19/2017, 3:41 PMHere, you can see that customers from CustomerController is referenced in the view via "controller.customers" on line 18 - a
amanda.hinchman-dominguez
11/19/2017, 3:52 PM@amanda.hinchman-dominguez uploaded a file: I tried to apply a similar concept here - a
amanda.hinchman-dominguez
11/19/2017, 3:52 PMKeep in mind, I'm refactoring these things one step at a time - a
amanda.hinchman-dominguez
11/19/2017, 3:56 PMwelp, nm I'm just dumb. Forgot to assign the variable as a global one - a
amanda.hinchman-dominguez
11/19/2017, 4:00 PM@Juan This bit was in LayoutDebugger.kt in @edvin's source code. It's well documented and provides really usable examples. I'm not 100% sure if this is what you're looking for, but this looks like a good bet