Java How To Program, Late Objects, 11th Edition

13.1 Introduction

This chapter continues our JavaFX presentation¹ that began in Chapter 12. In this chapter, you’ll:

1.The corresponding Swing GUI chapter is now online Chapter 35 and can be covered after online Chapter 26, which requires as prerequisites the only Chapters 1 through 11.

• Use additional layouts (TitledPane, BorderPane and Pane) and controls (RadioButton and ListView).

• Handle mouse and RadioButton events.

• Set up event handlers that respond to property changes on controls (such as the value of a Slider).

• Display Rectangles and Circles as nodes in the scene graph.

• Bind a collection of objects to a ListView that displays the collection’s contents.

• Customize the appearance of a ListView’s cells.

Finally, we overview other JavaFX capabilities ...