Drag-drop tabs in JavaFX

Question

I'm searching for a way to migrate current application from Eclipse RCP framework into default JavaFX. Now when I analyse all the functionallity of Eclipse RCP framework GUI, I found some difficult features to migrate.

• Drag drop tab to other perspective
• Drog drop tab to new screen
• Split screen when a tab (perspective) will be dropped between other perspective
• Resize of perspectives/components by the user

Are all those features possible in default JavaFX? Does somebody know any framework in pure JavaFX that feels like Eclipse RCP framework?

Answer 1

Found the best sollution for our application. We searched for a javaFx library with the same capabilities as the Eclipse framework. The tiwulfx does just that job. It's easy in use.

Answer 2

We're currently working on such a framework for the Drombler FX application framework, but it's still work-in-progress: http://www.drombler.org/drombler-fx/0.7/docs/tutorial/docking-framework.html#dockingFramework

The Docking framework can even be used outside Drombler FX, but without annotation support and you have to programmtically setup everything. Here is a sample.