Make it possible to define Icons in FXML

[Manuel Mauky]

At the moment there is no easy way to define fontawesomefx icons directly in FXML (correct me if I'm wrong).

As a workaround I've create a little helper like this:

public class Icon extends Label {
    public Icon(@NamedArg("value") AwesomeIcon value){
        AwesomeDude.setIcon(this, value);
    }
}

In my FXML file I can use it this way:

<Button text="Test">
    <graphic>
        <Icon>
            <value>
                <AwesomeIcon fx:value="EDIT"/>
            </value>
        </Icon>
    </graphic>
</Button>

This works just fine but maybe there are better solutions. Anyway, maybe something like this could be added to the library.

[Jens Deters]

Indeed good idea! Was already on my list. I like your approach. If you don't mind I would consider to add it to the API.

[Manuel Mauky]

Of cause you can add this to the API if you like it.

I have tweaked my solution a little bit:

public class Icon extends Label {

    public Icon(AwesomeIcon icon){
        AwesomeDude.setIcon(this, icon);
    }

    public Icon(@NamedArg("awesomeIcon") String awesomeIcon){
        this(AwesomeIcon.valueOf(awesomeIcon));
    }
}

With this modification you can write smaller FXML code:

<Button text="Test">
    <graphic>
        <Icon awesomeIcon="EDIT" />
    </graphic>
</Button>

The first constructor can still be used from Java code to have full type safety.

[Jens Deters]

Resolved with 8.0.10