Scene Builder and NetBeans

Question

2 Questions:
1) When I create a NetBeans project that I want to combine with a Scene Builder fxml file, what project type do I need to create (i.e., JavaFX or FXML)? Regardless of the project type I select, I don't see the same structure as when I load the sample projects.
2) I, perhaps incorrectly, assumed that the purpose of binding the fxml file to the Java controller class was so that a shell of controller methods would would be created automatically. I have not seen that happen. Is my assumptions incorrect>
Thanks,
Jerry

Answer 1

Hi,
The following works for me - although it is a bit hacky: remove the text of the tab, and instead put the text as a rotated graphic. Then set the tab max height property of the tab pane to allow the tab thumb to grow.
To make it work I also had to wrap the rotated text in a Group itself wrapped inside a StackPane, and then I had to set the pref height of that stack pane explicitly.
Here is my FXML - create with SceneBuilder:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<?import java.lang.*?>
<?import java.util.*?>
<?import javafx.scene.*?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.*?>
<?import javafx.scene.layout.*?>
<?import javafx.scene.paint.*?>
<AnchorPane id="AnchorPane" maxHeight="-Infinity" maxWidth="-Infinity" minHeight="-Infinity" minWidth="-Infinity" prefHeight="400.0" prefWidth="600.0" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml">
  <children>
    <TabPane id="tabPane1" layoutX="99.0" layoutY="90.0" prefHeight="200.0" rotateGraphic="true" side="LEFT" tabClosingPolicy="UNAVAILABLE" tabMaxHeight="2000.0">
      <tabs>
        <Tab id="tab1" text="">
          <content>
            <AnchorPane id="Content" minHeight="0.0" minWidth="0.0" prefHeight="180.0" prefWidth="200.0" />
          </content>
          <graphic>
            <StackPane id="StackPane" minHeight="-Infinity" minWidth="-Infinity" prefHeight="160.0">
              <children>
                <Group id="Group">
                  <children>
                    <Label id="label1" rotate="90.0" text="This is a long tab name" />
                  </children>
                </Group>
              </children>
            </StackPane>
          </graphic>
        </Tab>
        <Tab id="tab2" text="">
          <content>
            <AnchorPane id="Content" minHeight="0.0" minWidth="0.0" prefHeight="180.0" prefWidth="200.0" />
          </content>
          <graphic>
            <StackPane id="StackPane" minHeight="-Infinity" minWidth="-Infinity" prefHeight="160.0">
              <children>
                <Group id="Group">
                  <children>
                    <Label id="label1" rotate="90.0" text="This is a long tab name" />
                  </children>
                </Group>
              </children>
            </StackPane>
          </graphic>
        </Tab>
      </tabs>
    </TabPane>
  </children>
</AnchorPane>Maybe there exist more elegant ways to do this using CSS...
Hope this helps,
--daniel