Ensuring that only valid characters are entered does not ensure that the entered value is correct. What developers require is data validation / form validation.
Dirk > Am 02.03.2024 um 16:28 schrieb Nir Lisker <nlis...@gmail.com>: > > Hi Dirk, > > JavaFX has some input validation support in terms of focus control and > rejecting invalid characters. Can you explain what your proposal adds? Are > there JBS issues asking for this? > > Thanks, > Nir > > On Fri, Mar 1, 2024, 13:50 Dirk Lemmermann <dlemmerm...@gmail.com > <mailto:dlemmerm...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> Hi everyone, >> >> I updated the validation framework ValidatorFX today in our project to the >> latest release and I really like it a lot. It is a small compact API and >> works with any observable as opposed to the validation support provided by >> ControlsFX. >> >> Using it made me wonder whether it would make sense to bundle it or >> something like it directly with JavaFX. Developers often mention missing >> validation support as a drawback of using JavaFX. Adding this would take one >> item off from the list of arguments against using JavaFX. >> >> Many UI frameworks do have built-in validation support, e.g. Vaadin [0], >> Angular, [1], or QT [2] >> >> What do you think? >> >> —Dirk >> >> [0] https://vaadin.com/docs/latest/binding-data/components-binder-validation >> [1] https://angular.io/guide/form-validation >> [2] https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/qtquick-input-textinput.html >>
