Tutorial Main View Controller

Main FXML File

The MainViewController in the /controller/MainViewController needs a valid FXML File. The bindings for Navigation, Workspace and StatusBar Controller uses the fx:id values.

<BorderPane>
    <top>
        <AnchorPane fx:id="navigationPane"/>
    </top>
    <center>
        <AnchorPane fx:id="workspacePane"/>
    </center>
    <bottom>
        <AnchorPane fx:id="statusPane"/>
    </bottom>
</BorderPane>

MainViewController

For adding SubController and displaying their UI content following steps are needed:

1. Prepare SubController
2. Connect with FXML identifier
3. Define ContentManager
4. Load Controller in the MainViewController LifeCycle
5. Optional Prepare Functions for Controller switching
6. Optional CDI based Functions / Injection Points

Prepare SubController

lazy val workspaceController: WorkspaceController =
  getController[WorkspaceController]()
lazy val barChartController: BarChartController =
  getController[BarChartController]()
lazy val personController: PersonController =
  getController[PersonController]()
lazy val navigationController: NavigationController =
  getController[NavigationController]()
lazy val statusBarController: StatusBarController =
  new StatusBarController()

Connect with FXML identifier

@FXML
var workspacePane: Pane = _
@FXML
var statusPane: Pane = _
@FXML
var navigationPane: Pane = _

ContentManager

var workspaceManager: ContentManager = _
var navigationManager: ContentManager = _
var statusBarManager: ContentManager = _

Init Controller

override def didGainVisibilityFirstTime() {
  super.didGainVisibility()
  navigationManager = ContentManager(navigationPane, this, navigationController)
  statusBarManager = ContentManager(statusPane, this, statusBarController)
  workspaceManager = ContentManager(workspacePane, this, workspaceController)
}