Your column builder just declares a type, it doesn...

# tornadofx

[edvin]

Your column builder just declares a type, it doesn't extract any data. If you want to just return the item value inside the ItemViewModel, you can do:

[ValV]

@edvin, thanks, I didn't know that value { ... } function exists and what it does. The only thong remains -- how to use cell factories. useTextField requires string converter. Shall I try in standard Java-way, or TFX has some tricks to handle it? makeEditable complains about it is not implemented for specified class ...SimpleObjectProperty

[ValV]

Your help clarifies a lot, perhaps, I shall contribute this use-case to the TornadoFX wiki (e.g. Part 3: Cook Book)?

[edvin]

value { } is an easy way to supply a cellValueFactory in the rare case where you can't simply refer to the property (like in your case). If your property is not a String and you want to use useTextField, you need to supply a StringConverter<T> to tell TornaddoFX how to convert your value to (and possibly from) a String so it can be displayed.

[edvin]

A discussion of using generic types like this would be most welcome in the guide for sure!