The Definitive Guide to Modern Java Clients with JavaFX 17: Cross-Platform Mobile and Cloud Development

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7. Bridging Swing and JavaFX

Stephen Chin¹  , Johan Vos² and James Weaver³

(1)

Belmont, CA, USA

(2)

Gluon, Leuven, Belgium

(3)

Marion, IN, USA

 

Written by Sven Reimers

One of the major advantages of a new UI toolkit is the possibility to protect your investments in existing applications. This chapter will show you how to integrate legacy Swing components into a modern JavaFX UI and how to integrate modern UI elements into an existing Swing application.

Because moving an existing Swing desktop application to a pure JavaFX application is challenging and ...