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Window Control (VFXWindows) on JDK 8

March 21, 2013 | Filed under: Featured, JavaFX, VRL and tagged with: Java, JavaFX, JFXtras, JInternalFrame, MacBook, MDI, VRL, VRL-Studio, Window Node, Window System

I have a Macbook Pro with Retina display. Unfortunately, JavaFX 2.x does not support Retina resolution. But the preview builds of JDK/JavaFX 8 do! This was motivation enough to start porting the JFXtras window control to JDK 8. Actually, it was a lot easier than I thought. And the preview builds of JDK/JavaFX 8 are amazing! It’s not only the Retina support but also the improvements to the WebView node. To me it seems to be a lot faster and more responsive. However, the Webview still needs some work. It looks blurry.

Here are some first impressions on how sharp the user interface is:

VFXWindows running with JDK 8

VFXWindows running with JDK 8

Please tell me If you are interested in demo projects! The code is in the window-8.0 branch of my forked JFXtras repo on GitHub.

Unfortunately I am very busy with other stuff. So I can’t spend as much time on JFXtras and the window control as I’d like. And that’s mostly because I have to implement my other stuff stuff over and over again. Why? Because there is no JDK on mobile platforms!

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4 Responses to "Window Control (VFXWindows) on JDK 8"

  1. Java desktop links of the week, March 25 | Jonathan Giles says:
    March 24, 2013 at 21:40

    [...] have announced that they have ported the JFXtras Window Control (VFXWindows) to JavaFX 8.0. They say the main motivation was to gain retina support, but note that performance is also [...]

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  2. JavaFX links of the week, March 25 // JavaFX News, Demos and Insight // FX Experience says:
    March 24, 2013 at 21:45

    [...] have announced that they have ported the JFXtras Window Control (VFXWindows) to JavaFX 8.0. They say the main motivation was to gain retina support, but note that performance is also [...]

    Reply
  3. TBM Monitoring says:
    March 29, 2013 at 14:33

    Very good news. I planed to switch from my Zony Vario Z to Macbook Pro with Retina display. But I still waiting for the JDK 8 to have the full experices from the first time available.

    Reply
  4. TPC says:
    April 26, 2013 at 06:58

    Very impressiv. Hopefully we don’t need to wait to much until JDK 8 GA is available. I will switch to high resolution display like Retina from Apple.

    Reply

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