tornadofx-guide

3. Components
import tornadofx.*
class MyView1: View() {
override val root = vbox {
button("Go to MyView2") {
action {
replaceWith(MyView2::class)
}
}
}
}
class MyView2: View() {
override val root = vbox {
button("Go to MyView1") {
action {
replaceWith(MyView1::class)
}
}
}
}
Figure 3.10
You also have the option to specify a spiffy animation for the transition between the two
Views, as shown below.
replaceWith(MyView1::class, ViewTransition.Slide(0.3.seconds, Direction.LEFT)
This works by replacing the root Node on a given View with another View 's root .
There are two functions you can override on View to leverage when a View's root
is connected to a parent ( onDock() ), and when it is disconnected ( onUndock() ). You can
leverage these two events to connect and "clean up" whenever a View comes in or falls
out. You will notice running the code below that whenever a View is swapped, it will undock
that previous View and dock the new one. You can leverage these two events to manage
initialization and disposal tasks.
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