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Apache Pivot is a GUI Framework for Java to build RIAs / IIAs. It is open source and competes with JavaFX and Java Swing.

Description

Apache Pivot is a Java framework to design Rich Internet Applications (RIA), Installable Internet Applications (IIA), and desktop applications. It helps with building modern user interfaces and can be used instead of technologies like SWT, Swing or JavaFX.

Useful Links

Project website: pivot.apache.org

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Apache Pivot 1.4 vs. JavaFX, Flex, Silverlight, Swing

I've recently heard about Apache Pivot being moved to the Top Level Projects category and I was wondering who has tried the most recent version and compared it to other RIA tools. What are the proper categories for comparison? It seems to be…
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Visual GUI Designer for Apache Pivot

I learned about Apache Pivot's existence from the question Java GUI frameworks. What to choose? Swing, SWT, AWT, SwingX, JGoodies, JavaFX, Apache Pivot? It seems like a good fit for my current project, as it involves letting users create their own…
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Is Apache Pivot a suitable alternative to Swing?

I've been taking a look at Apache Pivot and I'm wondering whether it is ready to be used as a Swing replacement (given that Swing and SwingX development goes ever so slow -- almost dormant). Has anyone tried it out? Do you know about any…
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Can I use Apache Pivot instead of Swing?

I saw Apache Pivot, but this is meant for "installable Internet applications". What are IIA and can I use Apache Pivot instead of Swing because I like the UI of Pivot.
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Schema file for Apache Pivot BXML files

Where should I download the schema definition for BXML files? It'd be great to have for IDEs to help with autocompletion.
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Apache Pivot, Coming out of Apache Incubator to Main, feedback?

Apache Pivot is coming out of Apache Incubator in very near future. In your opinion What are pros and cons of it? Any specific negative/positive points about it?
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Apache Pivot and custom ListView ItemRenderer

Say I want the following layout in my List View's items: …
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Apache Pivot: BoxPane with one filling element

Can I make a BoxPane (for example vertically) where one of the components within the BoxPane fills the avaible space? For example here I would like the ScrollPane to take all avaible space which is left after the Label. BXML:
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Java Plug-in is not supported by this browser on Apache Pivot web-site

21st century. Apache Pivot web site. Latest release July 04, 2017, Pivot 2.0.5 Demos page: https://pivot.apache.org/demos/ Clicking any demo causes the following banner appear: I tried in Chrome, Firefox and Opera. If click More info it passes you…
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How to pass parameters to Apache Pivot's wtkx:include tag?

I need to create a reusable UI component that accepts a number of parameters (e.g. an image URL and some label text), similar to how JSP tags can accept parameters. The Pivot docs for the "wtkx:include" tag say: The tag allows a WTKX file to embed…
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Apache Pivot: Frame inside window

I am new to Apache Pivot. I am tryng to make a simple window with menu bar. The code I used to load the main frame is: public class MyApp implements Application { private Frame frame; @Override public void startup(Display display,…
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Apache Pivot TextArea / TextInput caret position

I am not able to find, how can I get caret position of Apache Pivot TextArea and TextInput. Also I need to add a caret listener or something like that to them. The last thing I need to know is how to get caret position of these components by the…
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Apache pivot : Getting button (togglebutton) state

my name is Javier, from Spain At first, apologize for my inexperience, and for my english :) This is question anyway: I'm looking for getting a button state in Apache Pivot. I've tried with many listeners, without result. I don't find any property…
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How to determine which FileChooser ExtensionFilter has been selected - javafx

I having trouble related to javafx filechooser component. In filechooser javafx doesn't provide a way to get selected extension type(file extension selected in save as dropdown). Same issue is also mentioned here. It is fixed in javafx 8 version.…
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Apache Pivot cursor image

I'm using Pivot for a desktop application and can't find a way to set an image for the cursor. This exists in AWT (via java.awt.Toolkit.createCustomCursor) but the closest in Pivot is org.apache.pivot.wtk.Mouse.setCursor which takes an enumerated…
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