Do It Yourself: Custom JavaFX Controls

Every front-end developer knows the problem: the project you are working on requires a control that is not part of the standard library, which raises the question "How do I do a custom control myself?" This session will show you one way you can choose to create a custom control in JavaFX. It explains the internal structure of a JavaFX control (control, skin, behavior, Cascading Style Sheets). In addition, it shows the differences between a Java Swing component and a JavaFX control. Finally, it creates a small control in a drawing program and converts it into code, using various approaches such as SVG to FXML, FXG to FXML, and FXG to code.

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