RichTextFX
SnapKit
RichTextFX | SnapKit | |
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9 | 10 | |
1,174 | 189 | |
0.3% | - | |
5.3 | 9.4 | |
6 months ago | 8 days ago | |
Java | Java | |
BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
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RichTextFX
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Are We Out of Luck for Rich Text Editing?
RichTextFX isn't great -- documentation is generally unhelpful and not much development lately. I've also found bugs in the component and figuring my way around internals is hard for a new-ish Kotlin dev.
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Rich Text Editor
RichTextFX is very much Some Assembly Required and there isn't much documentation. I would definitely say it's not easy to use IMHO. I'm currently working on creating a word processing control with it, but it's still very much a work in progress. If you go the route of using RichTextFX, the repo might help you figure some things out.
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What do you use for building Desktop apps these days?
RichTextFX provides decent syntax highlighting for JavaFX. The project is barely active but works great nevertheless.
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Missing APIs related to rich text control
RichTextFX issue
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How to have text wrapping around another component?
This is a tough one. JavaFX doesn't currently have that capability. This would involve a lot of font metrics and line metrics calculations. The API currently does not have public methods for such. Might be added in future versions of javafx.
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RichTextFX: Open source libraries for making a text viewer / editor
RichTextFX - This fits the bill. It uses following subcomponents..
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MaterialFX reaches version 11.13.2
VirtualizedFX and TextFlow will be key to creating stylized text editor if you decide to venture that direction. A game changer. RichtextFX is the most popular but uses Flowless as a virtualised container for TextFlow display, hence has many dependencies.
- What languages and libraries would you use to create your own IDE?
SnapKit
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Show HN: SnapCode – a real Java IDE in the browser
SnapCode is actually using SnapKit (https://github.com/reportmill/SnapKit) which can run on either WebAPI/DOM (in browser) or Swing (desktop). In the browser this helps slim the download and improve performance by using more browser native code.
For pricing, SnapCode is free for individual use and will remain so. Perhaps there will be funding opportunities from large organizations or for embedding use cases to help provide for the continued health of the product and community.
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What do you use for building Desktop apps these days?
The new kid on the block is SnapKit: https://github.com/reportmill/SnapKit
- What’s the cool app framework and UI i should be using ?
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Ask HN: Tips for modern Java Swing development?
Theres a bit more to it than that, since you want resetUI to update all of your components without triggering respondUI(). And you want all your components to be automatically configured to call respondUI() when there is user interaction.
I’ve written one of these before, but I don’t have access to a public version anymore. I do all my current UI dev in a UI kit built on top of Swing. But here is what I use there that solves this problem:
https://github.com/reportmill/SnapKit/blob/master/src/snap/v...
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Ask HN: Why isn't GWT or Vaadin more popular among Java developers?
I use SnapKit to do Java desktop development which compiles easily to JavaScript using TeaVM. SnapKit is both modern and conventional, a good middle ground between Swing and JavaFX. But most importantly, it combines the traditional win of desktop Java UI dev with the ease of web deployment.
SnapKit:
- Ask HN: Does Java need a modern Java UI toolkit for desktop/web?
- Why did Java lose UIs to HTML/JS?
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Ask HN: Who Wants to Collaborate?
Repo: https://github.com/reportmill/SnapKit
- What's the future of Java UI development?
What are some alternatives?
JFoenix - JavaFX Material Design Library
teavm - Compiles Java bytecode to JavaScript, WebAssembly and C
MaterialFX - A library of material components for JavaFX
ubikom - Free, secure communications for everyone, powered by decentralized private identity.
Recaf - The modern Java bytecode editor
compose-multiplatform - Compose Multiplatform, a modern UI framework for Kotlin that makes building performant and beautiful user interfaces easy and enjoyable.
cljfx - Declarative, functional and extensible wrapper of JavaFX inspired by better parts of react and re-frame
VirtualizedFX
Tokamak - SwiftUI-compatible framework for building browser apps with WebAssembly and native apps for other platforms
imgui - Dear ImGui: Bloat-free Graphical User interface for C++ with minimal dependencies
tornadofx2 - TornadoFX 2.0