I have taken quizynox approach and used it for the TextView control in GemsFX. After some additions the control now supports a text selection behaviour similar to the one found in TextArea (ctrl-c, ctrl-a, stylable “highlight” properties, double click for word selection, triple click for paragraph selection, etc…).
Dirk > On 19 Aug 2024, at 11:02, Marius Hanl <mariush...@web.de> wrote: > > I also think this might be a good addition to the JFX Core. > This behavior should be off by default, but can be turned on via CSS or Code. > Another idea could be a new Control that extends from Label. > > -- Marius > > > Gesendet: Freitag, 16. August 2024 um 12:12 Uhr > Von: "Dirk Lemmermann" <dlemmerm...@gmail.com> > An: "openjfx-dev" <openjfx-dev@openjdk.org> > Betreff: Label Text Selection > Hi everyone, > > I recently added a custom text control (called “TextView") to the GemsFX > project. It supports a somewhat limited text selection. Selection is only > possible on a per-word basis. I received a bit of feedback on this control > and I was wondering whether it would be worth thinking about adding a general > text selection capability to labels. Is this something worth looking into? Is > it even feasible? > > I guess one of the reasons why this topic keeps popping up is the fact that > users are so used to selecting any text in web pages, but they can’t do it in > desktop apps. > > Dirk >
