tornadofx-guide

4. Basic Controls
import javafx.scene.paint.Color
import tornadofx.*
class MyView : View() {
}
override val root = vbox {
button("Press Me") {
textFill = Color.RED
action { println("Button pressed!") }
}
}
The builder pattern becomes especially powerful when you start nesting controls into other
controls. Using these builder extension functions, you can easily populate and nest multiple
HBox instances into a VBox , and create UI code that is clearly structured (Figure 4.1).
import tornadofx.*
class MyView : View() {
}
override val root = vbox {
hbox {
label("First Name")
textfield()
}
hbox {
label("Last Name")
textfield()
}
button("LOGIN") {
useMaxWidth = true
}
}
Figure 4.1
Also note we will learn about TornadoFX's proprietary Form later, which will make
simple input UI's like this even simpler to build.
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