Compatibility with other JavaFX libraries

[crschnick]

One issue that I have run into is that several other javafx libraries expect modena color scheme definitions to be present. For example, https://github.com/dlsc-software-consulting-gmbh/PreferencesFX will print out all kinds of errors when used with AtlantaFX.
My current solution is to define the manually like this:

* {
-fx-text-fill: -color-fg-default;
-fx-highlight-text-fill:  -color-fg-default;
-fx-highlight-fill: -color-neutral-muted;
-fx-prompt-text-fill: -color-neutral-muted;
-fx-text-box-border:-color-neutral-muted;
-fx-control-inner-background: -color-neutral-muted;
-fx-body-color: -color-neutral-muted;
-fx-inner-border: -color-accent-fg;
}

Maybe they can be defined automatically by AtlantaFX. It doesn't have to be a perfect match, just some default colors that come close to the modena theme.

[mkpaz]

Third-party libs support is in the backlog. Your suggestion sounds reasonable, though I'd not include this snippet to the themes, but having something like scene.getStylesheets().add("modena-bridge.css") could be useful. Sadly ControlsFX is half-dead and I'd rather work on something else instead of wasting time to support it.

[barmat80]

@crschnick
Can you explain in detail, how you solution works?

[crschnick]

@crschnick Can you explain in detail, how you solution works?

I just define all the needed style class color definitions from modena.css with the appropriate AtlantaFX color definitions for every single node with *

[dlemmermann]

@crschnick could you paste that rule here so others can save tons of time?

[crschnick]

It is the one in the original post

[dlemmermann]

Ah ok ... I thought there would be more. E.g. -fx-accent, -fx-selection-bar-text etc ....

[crschnick]

I originally set colors until it looked fine. There might be some I missed but these did not influence the look of the preferences in my case. To be fair, I switched to using some custom renderers using AtlantaFX controls instead of formsfx controls, so I do not have full coverage of all controls.

[ouaibsky]

Third-party libs support is in the backlog. Your suggestion sounds reasonable, though I'd not include this snippet to the themes, but having something like scene.getStylesheets().add("modena-bridge.css") could be useful. Sadly ControlsFX is half-dead and I'd rather work on something else instead of wasting time to support it.

Hey, controls is not completely dead.
Version 11.2.0 is available.
You can see how it's complicated to maintain open source software. Despite atlantafx is an awesome project, there is no new commit since almost 6months.