java.lang.Object
org.controlsfx.glyphfont.GlyphFont
org.controlsfx.glyphfont.FontAwesome
Defines a
GlyphFont
for the FontAwesome font set (see
the FontAwesome website
for more details).
To use FontAwesome (or indeed any glyph font) in your JavaFX application, you firstly have to get access to the FontAwesome glyph font. You do this by doing the following:
GlyphFont fontAwesome = GlyphFontRegistry.font("FontAwesome");
This code works because all glyph fonts are found dynamically at runtime
by the GlyphFontRegistry
class, so you can simply request the font
set you want from there.
Once the font set has been loaded, you can simply start creating
FontAwesome.Glyph
nodes and place them in your user interface. For example:
new Button("", fontAwesome.create(\uf013).fontColor(Color.RED));
Of course, this requires you to know that \uf013
maps to
a 'gear' icon, which is not always intuitive (especially when you re-read the
code in the future). A simpler approach is to do the following:
new Button("", fontAwesome.create(FontAwesome.Glyph.GEAR));or
new Button("", fontAwesome.create("GEAR"));It is possible to achieve the same result without creating a reference to icon font by simply using
Glyph
constructor
new Button("", new Glyph("FontAwesome","GEAR");You can use the above Glyph class also in FXML and set the fontFamily and icon property there.
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Nested Class Summary
Nested ClassesModifier and TypeClassDescriptionstatic enum
The individual glyphs offered by the FontAwesome font. -
Constructor Summary
ConstructorsConstructorDescriptionDo not call this constructor directly - instead access theFontAwesome.Glyph
public static enumeration method to create the glyph nodes), or use theGlyphFontRegistry
class to get access.Creates a new FontAwesome instance which uses the provided font source.FontAwesome
(String url) Creates a new FontAwesome instance which uses the provided font source. -
Method Summary
Methods inherited from class org.controlsfx.glyphfont.GlyphFont
create, create, create, getCharacter, getDefaultSize, getName, register, registerAll
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Constructor Details
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FontAwesome
public FontAwesome()Do not call this constructor directly - instead access theFontAwesome.Glyph
public static enumeration method to create the glyph nodes), or use theGlyphFontRegistry
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FontAwesome
Creates a new FontAwesome instance which uses the provided font source.- Parameters:
url
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FontAwesome
Creates a new FontAwesome instance which uses the provided font source.- Parameters:
is
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