Working With Layouts

Scene Builder

• Create new FXML file.
• Make sure the Use fx:root Construct is selected.
• Create an AnchorPane as the top-level element. This is important due to the expectations of the Java supporting classes.
• Create your UI inside the AnchorPane. Typically you'll put a VBox or some other container inside the AnchorPane. Look at existing *Layout.fxml files for ideas.
• Save your UI as *Layout.fxml under src/main/resources/layouts.

Java

• Create your new Java UI controller file in src/main/java/org/apache/cayenne/modeler/layout and make sure the Java class name matches the name of the *Layout.fxml file (with .fxml being .java, of course).
• For top-level windows, your Java UI controller should subclass AbstractWindowLayout and for views/components loaded into an existing window, it should subclass AbstractViewLayout and possibly implement DetailEditorSupport. See existing controllers for ideas.