Currently I am beginner to Java FX and so far doing good with the basic implementations of it.

I feel like becoming an expert in Java FX will be an great add on in my java j2ee career. Can you please share your exp or give me an suggestion how should I move on to be an expert in Java FX?

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Good catch. It looks like Amy had to take out the rows accelerator function, which was on GridLayoutInfo.

The docs should probably be updated to show an example of the longer syntax you described in your fix. I will mention something to Amy Fowler about this.

The error message you are seeing is a bug that occurs when using the Grid in 1.3. I am working on fixing it for JFXtras 0.7 and will give the JavaFX team the fix so they can include that as well. (Other than the error message, it is non-fatal)

Thanks for reporting this!

GridView doesn’t work in OSX (Netbeans 6.9 + JavaFX 1.3). The documentation (http://java.sun.com/javafx/1.3/docs/api/com.javafx.preview.layout/com.javafx.preview.layout.Grid.html) says:

 Grid {
     rows: [
         row([Text {content: "Username:"}, TextBox {}])
     ]
 }

But NetBeans complains about ‘row’ type being missing. Instead if you do this it works:

Grid {
                rows: [
                    GridRow {
                        cells: [
                            Text {content: "Username:"}, TextBox {}
                        ]
                    }
               ]
}

But then the environment complains about this:

WARNING: Please set rows rather than content when using the Grid

Any ideas?

Thanks for the hard work!

–Jose

This should be a priority. Sun/Oracle should put coders to replicate the functionality of the Flash-based and open source Jaris player, in JavaFX, and add some cool features to the mix (like the ability to bookmark videos to the local system, minimize the player to the systray (using JDIC) etc…

FYI: jaris
http://sourceforge.net/projects/jaris/

JavaFX have the wrong license:
http://lobobrowser.wordpress.com/2008/12/22/javafx-10-license-unreasonable/
http://lobobrowser.wordpress.com/2009/10/21/lobo-integration-in-deepamehta/
http://weblogs.java.net/blog/robogeek/archive/2010/02/03/ipad-flash-kerfluffle-applets-and-javafx

If you want something like JavaFX, then take Nokias QML, which will be in the future LGPLv2 and GPLv3 together with the the other stuff of Qt.

And here the interesting part of the JavaFX license (since JavaFX 1.3 only the word “Sun” have been changed to “Oracle”):

5. Restrictions.

(a) The copies of Software provided to you under this Agreement are licensed, not sold, to you by Oracle. Oracle reserves all rights not expressly granted. (b) You may make a single archival copy of Software, but otherwise may not copy, modify, or distribute Software. (f) You may not publish or provide the results of any benchmark or comparison tests run on Software to any third party without the prior written consent of Oracle.

6. Java Compatibility and Open Source.

Software may contain Java technology. You may not create additional classes to, or modifications of, the Java technology, except under compatibility requirements available under a separate agreement available at http://www.java.net.

The problem is, that people think about Java, if they here JavaFX. But Java is as OpenJDK OpenSource under the GPL+GNU Classpath exception. JavaFX have “only” the compiler as OpenSource under the GPL __without__ GNU Classpath exception. And the runtime of JavaFX have that stupid license.