this article is part 2 of a tutorial that will walk through adapting an open source javafx radialmenu ( http://jfxtras.org/ ) to replace the netbeans platform system menu. it will build upon both previous tutorials and part 1 that demonstrate complete replacements for the default netbeans swing components using javafx. code examples will feature netbeans platform, javafx and css.
part 1 of the article walks through some of the code upgrades necessary for the task. as of this article’s writing the open-source jfxtras radialmenu needed a few upgrades to act as a system menu replacement for a netbeans platform rcp. part 2 will show the specific algorithm and code to then utilize the upgraded radialmenu as described. when complete you should be able to produce a slick radial system menu like this: