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JavaFX CheckBoxTree in popup of drop-down Button

In order for the end-user to constrain a search to some columns of the main TableView, I needed a treeview with checkboxes.
I decided to embed this TreeView in a popup, showing on click on a custom button.
I have created the following class, inspired from the question:
Java FX8 TreeView in a table cell
public class CustomTreeMenuButton extends MenuButton {
private PopupControl popup = new PopupControl();
private TreeView<? extends Object> tree;
private CustomTreeMenuButton me = this;
public void setTree(TreeView<? extends Object> tree) {
this.tree = tree;
}
public CustomTreeMenuButton() {
super();
this.addEventHandler(MouseEvent.MOUSE_CLICKED, new EventHandler<MouseEvent>() {
#Override
public void handle(MouseEvent event) {
if (!popup.isShowing()) {
Bounds b = me.localToScreen(me.getBoundsInLocal());
double x = b.getMinX();
double y = b.getMaxY();
popup.setAutoHide(true);
// popup.setAutoFix(true);
popup.setAnchorX(x);
popup.setAnchorY(y);
popup.setSkin(new Skin<Skinnable>() {
#Override
public void dispose() {
}
#Override
public Node getNode() {
return tree;
}
#Override
public Skinnable getSkinnable() {
return null;
}
});
popup.show(me.getScene().getWindow());
}
}
});
}
}
The tree I am working with contains CheckBoxTreeItem objects, and while the popup is working, there is some weird blur on all checkboxes, whenever the focus is not on a checkbox. (See GIF below)
First, I was thinking it was maybe an antialiasing problem, but popup.getScene().getAntiAliasing().toString() returns DISABLED
Then, I saw that non integer anchor points could cause problems. However popup.setAutoFix(true) did nothing, nor did the following:
popup.setAnchorX(new Double(x).intValue());
popup.setAnchorY(new Double(y).intValue());
It might be worth noting that I am working with FXML.
How can I get sharp checkboxes regardless of their focus ?

I would suggest a built-in control, CustomMenuItem, rather than reinventing the wheel:
A MenuItem that allows for arbitrary nodes to be embedded within it,
by assigning a Node to the content property.
An example
// Create the tree
CheckBoxTreeItem<String> rootItem = new CheckBoxTreeItem<String>("All stuff");
rootItem.setExpanded(true);
final TreeView<String> tree = new TreeView<String>(rootItem);
tree.setEditable(true);
tree.setCellFactory(CheckBoxTreeCell.<String>forTreeView());
for (int i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
final CheckBoxTreeItem<String> checkBoxTreeItem =
new CheckBoxTreeItem<String>("Stuff" + (i+1));
rootItem.getChildren().add(checkBoxTreeItem);
}
tree.setRoot(rootItem);
tree.setShowRoot(true);
// Create a custom menu item
CustomMenuItem customMenuItem = new CustomMenuItem(tree);
customMenuItem.setHideOnClick(false);
// Create the menu button
MenuButton mb = new MenuButton("Stuffs");
mb.getItems().add(customMenuItem);
And the output
Note: It is important to set the hideOnClickProperty to true, to avoid closing when the user clicks in the tree, which can be even done in the contructor, so you can shorten the initialization to:
CustomMenuItem customMenuItem = new CustomMenuItem(tree, false);
If you want to remove the hover glow, you can add the following CSS class:
.menu-item {
-fx-padding: 0;
}

Inserting Images into a TableView JavaFX - Images not displayed

I'm currently trying to add some images from a decoded video to a TableView row and they are not appearing. Only empty TableColumns. The TableView has been designed in JavaFx Scene Builder along with the Label.
Here's what I got so far:
public class MainScreenController implements Initializable {
#FXML
private Label previewBoxLabel;
#FXML
private TableView tableView;
private ObservableList<ImageView> imageList = FXCollections.observableArrayList();
#FXML
public void AddClipBeta(){
//Code which uses an external class in order to decode video (Variables Frames, width and height are not shown but are present in the actual code)
VideoSegment clip = new VideoSegment(0, file.getPath(), 0, Frames, width, height);
//Opens the file in decoding class - ready to output frames
try{clip.openFile();} catch(Exception e){}
//First frame is updated on the preview box
previewBoxLabel.setGraphic(new ImageView(convertToFxImage(clip.getThumbnail())));
System.out.println(file.getPath());
int i =0;
//While loop in test phase to see whether or not 10 frames will be visible in the table
while(i != 10){
//Creates and sets columns to tableView
TableColumn<ImageView, ImageView> col = new TableColumn<ImageView, ImageView>();
col.setPrefWidth(100); //Set width of column
tableView.getColumns().add(col);
col.setCellFactory(new Callback<TableColumn<ImageView, ImageView>, TableCell<ImageView, ImageView>>() {
#Override
public TableCell<ImageView, ImageView> call(TableColumn<ImageView, ImageView> p) {
TableCell<ImageView, ImageView> cell = new TableCell<ImageView, ImageView>(){
};
return cell;
}
});
//Adds current frame to list
imageList.add(new ImageView(convertToFxImage(clip.getThumbnail())));
//Gets next video frame
try{clip.getNextFrame();} catch(Exception e){}
//Updates counter
i++;
}
//Sets list of frames on the table
tableView.setItems(imageList);
}
// There is a problem with this implementation: transparent pixels on the BufferedImage aren't converted to transparent pixels on the fxImage.
public static javafx.scene.image.Image convertToFxImage(java.awt.image.BufferedImage awtImage) {
if (Image.impl_isExternalFormatSupported(BufferedImage.class)) {
return javafx.scene.image.Image.impl_fromExternalImage(awtImage);
} else {
return null;
}
}
I've been struggling understanding how the TableView works the last couple of days and it would be a real breakthrough if we could get to the bottom of this.
Thanks for reading and any help in advance!

When setting a CellFactory, you need to take in to account that it will override some default bevaiours such as setting text and images.
For example. I had to create a ListView of Applications that launched on double click. I had to set a CellFactory in order to add a listener to the mouse click of each individual cell.
applications.setCellFactory(new Callback<TreeView<Application>, TreeCell<Application>>() {
#Override
public TreeCell<Application> call(TreeView<Application> param) {
return new TreeCell<Application>() {
#Override
protected void updateItem(Application item, boolean empty) {
//call the origional update first
super.updateItem(item, empty);
//the root item in my list is null, this check is required to keep a null pointer from happening
if (item != null) {
// text and graphic are stored in the Application object and set.
this.setText(item.getApplicationListName());
this.setGraphic(item.getGraphic());
// registers the mouse event to the cell.
this.setOnMouseClicked((MouseEvent e) -> {
if (e.getClickCount() == 2) {
try {
this.getItem().launch(tabBar);
} catch (UnsupportedOperationException ex) {
Dialogs.create().nativeTitleBar().masthead("Comming Soon™").message("Application is still in development and will be available Soon™").nativeTitleBar().title("Unavailable").showInformation();
}
} else {
e.consume();
}
});
}else if(empty){
this.setText(null);
this.setGraphic(null);
this.setOnMouseClicked(null);
}
}
};
}
});
This was pieced together from some other code so if there is anything else you would like explained, let me know!

I managed to sort this out with the help of you guys. Basically, what I did was make a class with a bunch of setters and getters and a constructor that takes in ImageViews and sets it to a variable in the class via it's constructors. Then I went back to my code and added the following:
Class with Getters and Setters:
import javafx.scene.image.ImageView;
public class tableDataModel {
private ImageView image;
public tableDataModel(ImageView image){
this.image = image;
}
public ImageView getImage(){
return image;
}
public void setImage(ImageView image){
this.image = image;
}
}
Code from MainScreenController:
TableColumn<tableDataModel, ImageView> col = new TableColumn<>();
tableView.getColumns().add(col);
imageList.add(new tableDataModel(new ImageView(convertToFxImage(clip.getThumbnail()))));
col.setPrefWidth(50);
col.setCellValueFactory(new PropertyValueFactory<tableDataModel, ImageView>("image"));
int i = 0;
while (i != 10) {
try {
imageList.add(new tableDataModel(new ImageView(convertToFxImage(clip.getNextFrame()))));
} catch (Exception e) {
}
i++;
}
tableView.setItems(imageList);

Java Swing - Add leniency when selecting items in submenus

When attempting to click on an item in a submenu, it is natural to quickly draw your mouse across the menu items below it. Both Windows and Mac natively handle this by putting a small delay before the a menu is opened. Swing JMenus do not handle this, and the menu the mouse briefly hovers over would be opened before the mouse reaches the intended menu item.
For example, in the image below, if I tried to select Item 3, but in the process my mouse briefly slid across Menu 2, the Menu 1 submenu would disappear before I got to it.
Does anyone have any tips or suggestions for getting around this? My idea was to define a custom MenuUI that added a timer to its mouse handler.
Here is some simple example code that illustrates my problem:
public class Thing extends JFrame {
public Thing()
{
super();
this.setSize(new Dimension(500, 500));
final JPopupMenu pMenu = new JPopupMenu();
for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++)
{
JMenu menu = new JMenu("Menu " + i);
pMenu.add(menu);
for (int j = 0; j < 10; j++)
{
menu.add(new JMenuItem("Item " + j));
}
}
this.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
#Override
public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e) {
pMenu.show(Thing.this, e.getX(), e.getY());
}
});
}
public static void main(String[] args)
{
Thing t = new Thing();
t.setVisible(true);
}
}

Call setDelay(delay) on your menu variable, where the delay parameter is the amount of milliseconds to wait for the menu to show, as an int.
This following line of code will set the delay to 1 second, so the user has to mouseover the menu item "Menu n" 1 second, before the submenu is displayed: menu.setDelay(1000);
Here's a snippet of the edited code:
for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++)
{
JMenu menu = new JMenu("Menu " + i);
pMenu.add(menu);
for (int j = 0; j < 10; j++)
{
menu.add(new JMenuItem("Item " + j));
}
menu.setDelay(1000);
}

I came up with a very hacky solution.
I made a UI class that extends BasicMenuUI. I override the createMouseInputListener method to return a custom MouseInputListener instead of the private handler object inside BasicMenuUI.
I then got the code for the MouseInputListener implementation in handler from GrepCode[1], and copied it into my custom listener. I made one change, putting a timer in mouseEntered. My final code for mouseEntered looks like this:
public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent e) {
timer.schedule(new TimerTask() {
#Override
public void run() {
if (menuItem.isShowing())
{
Point mouseLoc = MouseInfo.getPointerInfo().getLocation();
Point menuLoc = menuItem.getLocationOnScreen();
if (mouseLoc.x >= menuLoc.x && mouseLoc.x <= menuLoc.x + menuItem.getWidth() &&
mouseLoc.y >= menuLoc.y && mouseLoc.y <= menuLoc.y + menuItem.getHeight())
{
originalMouseEnteredStuff();
}
}
}
}, 100);
}
Before calling the the original code that was in mouseEntered, I check to make sure the mouse is still within this menu's area. I don't want all the menus my mouse brushes over to pop up after 100 ms.
Please let me know if anyone has discovered a better solution for this.
[1] http://www.grepcode.com/file_/repository.grepcode.com/java/root/jdk/openjdk/7-b147/javax/swing/plaf/basic/BasicMenuUI.java/?v=source

Thank you very much, you saved my day! The solution works as expected but I recommend using the Swing timer to ensure the code is executed by the EDT.
Additionally you should temporary set the menus delay to zero before calling the original stuff. Otherwise the user has to wait twice the delay time.
#Override
public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent e) {
if (menu.isTopLevelMenu() || menu.getDelay() == 0) {
originalMouseEnteredStuff(e);
} else {
final javax.swing.Timer timer = new javax.swing.Timer(menu.getDelay(), new DelayedMouseEnteredAction(e));
timer.setRepeats(false);
timer.start();
}
}
class DelayedMouseEnteredAction implements ActionListener
{
private final MouseEvent mouseEnteredEvent;
private DelayedMouseEnteredAction(MouseEvent mouseEnteredEvent) {
this.mouseEnteredEvent = mouseEnteredEvent;
}
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent actionEvent) {
if (menu.isShowing()) {
final Point mouseLocationOnScreen = MouseInfo.getPointerInfo().getLocation();
final Rectangle menuBoundsOnScreen = new Rectangle(menu.getLocationOnScreen(), menu.getSize());
if (menuBoundsOnScreen.contains(mouseLocationOnScreen)) {
/*
* forward the mouse event only if the mouse cursor is yet
* located in the menus area.
*/
int menuDelay = menu.getDelay();
try {
/*
* Temporary remove the delay. Otherwise the delegate would wait the
* delay a second time e.g. before highlighting the menu item.
*/
menu.setDelay(0);
originalMouseEnteredStuff(mouseEnteredEvent);
} finally {
// reset the delay
menu.setDelay(menuDelay);
}
}
}
}
}

Java slideshow image delay using paintComponent

I am putting together a slideshow program that will measure a user's time spent on each slide. The slideshow goes through several different magic tricks. Each trick is shown twice. Interim images are shown between the repetition. Transition images are shown between each trick.
On the first repetition of a trick the JPanel color flashes on the screen after a click before the next image is shown. This doesn't happen during the second repetition of the same trick. It's possible that the image is taking too long to load.
Is there an easy way to pre-load the images so that there isn't a delay the first time through?
NOTE: Original code deleted.
EDIT 1/10/2013: This code now works on slower machines. trashgod's second addendum helped the most. The mouseClick control structure periodically asks SwingWorker classes to load 40 images or less of the current trick while also setting the used images to null. I have simplified my code down for this to just two Image[]s and added a main method so it stands alone. Images are still required to run though. This is now pretty bare bones code, and if you're trying to make a slideshow with a lot of images I think it would be a good place to start.
NOTE: I think I figured out how to properly implement SwingWorker while still using multiple Image[]s. trashgod and kleopatra is this implementation in-line with what you were suggesting? I didn't end up using publish and process since I couldn't figure out how to get that to work appropriately with an indexed array, but because the StringWorker doesn't load all images in the array (only 40), and the code calls StringWorker every 20 images, there should be a pretty good buffer.
EDIT 1/10/2013 Changed out MouseListener by instead extending MouseAdapter on my Mouse class. Also fixed my paintComponent method to include a call to super.paintComponent(g).
Added publish/process methods to my SwingWorker class ImageWorker. Added a wrapper class, ArrayWrapper to allow passing imageArray[i] and its corresponding index int i with publish to process.
package slideshow3;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import java.util.List;
public class SlideShow3 extends JFrame
{
//screenImage will be replaced with each new slide
private Image screenImage;
private int width;
private int height;
//Create panel for displaying images using paintComponent()
private SlideShow3.PaintPanel mainImagePanel;
//Used for keybinding
private Action escapeAction;
//Image array variables for each trick
private Image[] handCuffs; //h
private Image[] cups; //c
//Used to step through the trick arrays one image at a time
private int h = 0;
private int c = 0;
//Used by timeStamp() for documenting time per slide
private long time0 = 0;
private long time1;
public SlideShow3()
{
super();
//Create instance of each Image array
handCuffs = new Image[50];
cups = new Image[176];
//start(handCuffsString);
start("handCuffs");
try
{
screenImage = ImageIO.read(new File("images/begin1.jpg"));
}
catch (IOException nm)
{
System.out.println("begin");
System.out.println(nm.getMessage());
System.exit(0);
}
/******************************************
* Removes window framing. The next line sets fullscreen mode.
* Once fullscreen is set width and height are determined for the window
******************************************/
this.setUndecorated(true);
GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment().getDefaultScreenDevice().setFullScreenWindow(this);
width = this.getWidth();
height = this.getHeight();
//Mouse click binding to slide advance control structure
addMouseListener(new Mouse());
//Create panel so that I can use key binding which requires JComponent
mainImagePanel = new PaintPanel();
add(mainImagePanel);
/******************************************
* Key Binding
* ESC will exit the slideshow
******************************************/
// Key bound AbstractAction items
escapeAction = new EscapeAction();
// Gets the mainImagePanel InputMap and pairs the key to the action
mainImagePanel.getInputMap().put(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke("ESCAPE"), "doEscapeAction");
// This line pairs the AbstractAction enterAction to the action "doEnterAction"
mainImagePanel.getActionMap().put("doEscapeAction", escapeAction);
/******************************************
* End Key Binding
******************************************/
}
public static void main(String[] args)
{
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run()
{
SlideShow3 show = new SlideShow3();
show.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
//This method executes a specific SwingWorker class to preload images
public void start(String e)
{
if(e.equals("handCuffs"))
{
new ImageWorker(handCuffs.length, h, e).execute();
}
else if(e.equals("cups"))
{
new ImageWorker(cups.length, c, e).execute();
}
}
//Stretches and displays images in fullscreen window
private class PaintPanel extends JPanel
{
#Override
public void paintComponent(Graphics g)
{
if(screenImage != null)
{
super.paintComponent(g);
g.drawImage(screenImage, 0, 0, width, height, this);
}
}
}
/******************************************
* The following SwingWorker class Pre-loads all necessary images.
******************************************/
private class ArrayWrapper
{
private int i;
private Image image;
public ArrayWrapper(Image image, int i)
{
this.i = i;
this.image = image;
}
public int getIndex()
{
return i;
}
public Image getImage()
{
return image;
}
}
private class ImageWorker extends SwingWorker<Image[], ArrayWrapper>
{
private int currentPosition;
private int arraySize;
private String trickName;
private Image[] imageArray;
public ImageWorker(int arraySize, int currentPosition, String trick)
{
super();
this.currentPosition = currentPosition;
this.arraySize = arraySize;
this.trickName = trick;
}
#Override
public Image[] doInBackground()
{
imageArray = new Image[arraySize];
for(int i = currentPosition; i < currentPosition+40 && i < arraySize; i++)
{
try
{
imageArray[i] = ImageIO.read(new File("images/" + trickName + (i+1) + ".jpg"));
ArrayWrapper wrapArray = new ArrayWrapper(imageArray[i], i);
publish(wrapArray);
}
catch (IOException e)
{
System.out.println(trickName);
System.out.println(e.getMessage());
System.exit(0);
}
}
return imageArray;
}
#Override
public void process(List<ArrayWrapper> chunks)
{
for(ArrayWrapper element: chunks)
{
if(trickName.equals("handCuffs"))
{
handCuffs[element.getIndex()] = element.getImage();
}
else if(trickName.equals("cups"))
{
cups[element.getIndex()] = element.getImage();
}
}
}
#Override
public void done()
{
try
{
if(trickName.equals("handCuffs"))
{
handCuffs = get();
}
else if(trickName.equals("cups"))
{
cups = get();
}
}
catch(InterruptedException ignore){}
catch(java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException e)
{
String why = null;
Throwable cause = e.getCause();
if(cause != null)
{
why = cause.getMessage();
}
else
{
why = e.getMessage();
}
System.err.println("Error retrieving file: " + why);
}
}
}
/******************************************
* End SwingWorker Pre-Loading Classes
******************************************/
//Prints out time spent on each slide
public void timeStamp()
{
time1 = System.currentTimeMillis();
if(time0 != 0)
{
System.out.println(time1 - time0);
}
time0 = System.currentTimeMillis();
}
/******************************************
* User Input Classes for Key Binding Actions and Mouse Click Actions
******************************************/
private class EscapeAction extends AbstractAction
{
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
{
System.exit(0);
}
}
public class Mouse extends MouseAdapter
{
#Override
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e)
{
if(!(h<handCuffs.length) && !(c<cups.length))
{
timeStamp();
System.exit(0);
}
else if(h<handCuffs.length)
{
timeStamp();
screenImage = handCuffs[h];
repaint();
System.out.print("handCuffs[" + (h+1) + "]\t");
h++;
//purge used slides and refresh slide buffer
if(h == 20 || h == 40)
{
for(int i = 0; i < h; i++)
{
handCuffs[i] = null;
}
start("handCuffs");
}
if(h == 45)
{
start("cups");
}
}
else if(c<cups.length)
{
timeStamp();
screenImage = cups[c];
repaint();
System.out.print("cups[" + (c+1) + "]\t");
c++;
//purge used slides and refresh slide buffer
if(c == 20 || c == 40 || c == 60 || c == 80 || c == 100 || c == 120 || c == 140 || c == 160)
{
for(int i = 0; i < c; i++)
{
cups[i] = null;
}
start("cups");
}
}
}
}
/******************************************
* End User Input Classes for Key Binding Actions and Mouse Click Actions
******************************************/
}

This example uses a List<ImageIcon> as a cache of images returned by getImage(). Using getResource(), the delay is imperceptible. The next and previous buttons are bound to the Space key by default.
Addendum: You can control navigation by conditioning a button's setEnabled() state using an instance of javax.swing.Timer, for example.
Addendum: Your second example waits until the mouse is clicked to begin reading an image, an indeterminate process that may return a copy immediately or may not complete until after repaint(). Instead, begin reading the images in the background using ImageIO.read(), as shown here. You can process() your List<Image> and show progress, as seen here. The SwingWorker can be launched from the initial thread, running while you subsequently build your GUI on the EDT. You can display the first image as soon as it is processed.

How to duplicate the look/functionality of a SmartGWT hover text when doing a click

I have a situation where I want something to be displayed when a user clicks on something in my UI (can be a grid, label, whatever). What I want is for a little box to be displayed that's similar to what's shown when a hover event is triggered. However, I only want to show it on a click, not a hover. Is there a way to do this without a lot of trouble? I know I could always create a little pop up Window but the hover text is exactly what I need and handles the location of the popup intelligently (which I think would take a good deal more work using a Window).

I don't think there's a simple way to do this. Here's the smart popup class we use:
public class SmartPopup extends PopupPanel {
public void show(int left, int top) {
setPopupPositionAndShow(new PositionCallback() {
#Override
public void setPosition(int offsetWidth, int offsetHeight) {
int popupLeft = left;
if ((offsetWidth + left > Window.getClientWidth())
&& (left - offsetWidth > 0)) {
popupLeft = left - offsetWidth;
}
int popupTop = top;
if ((top + offsetHeight > Window.getClientHeight())
&& (top - offsetHeight > 0)) {
popupTop = top - offsetHeight;
}
setPopupPosition(popupLeft, popupTop);
}
});
}
}
Once you have a class like that, you could extend it to have your tool-tip styles, automatically include a label, etc...
public class ToolTip extends SmartPopup {
public ToolTip(String message) {
addStyleName("tool-tip-css");
add(new Label(message));
}
}
And then, from there your code will be pretty simple:
yourButtonOrWhatever.addClickHandler(new ClickHandler() {
#Override
public void onClick(ClickEvent event) {
ToolTip toolTip = new ToolTip("Hey, this is like a tool-tip for clicking!");
toolTip.show(event.getClientX(), event.getClientY());
}
});
I love writing classes so much that I'd probably even make a special subclass of ClickHandler so I didn't have to type those lines over and over again...
yourButtonOrWhatever.addClickHandler(new ToolTipHandler("Hey, this is like a tool-tip for clicking!"));

Why not using this click event handler
onClickTooltip(com.smartgwt.client.widgets.events.ClickEvent event) {
int x = event.getX();
int y = event.getY();
final Canvas w = new Canvas();
w.setRect(x,y,72,72);
w.setContents("I am Here");
w.draw();
}