public synchronized void switchEarthView() {
// This method will switch between Earth "modes", the modes being either Mini or Large
// Needs to be synchronized, since it will be removing and adding nodes while the program is
// running
// In my example, I am using BorderLayout and I switching between displaying the mini Earth in
// the
// left pane and the large Earth in the center.
// The large Earth responds to scrolling, the mini Earth does not and should simply rotate
// continuously.
if (fullEarth) {
centerGrid.getChildren().remove(0);
leftBarGrid.getChildren().add(earthViewer.getMiniEarth());
initCenter();
fullEarth = false;
} else {
leftBarGrid.getChildren().remove(0);
centerGrid.getChildren().add((earthViewer.getLargeEarth()));
earthViewer.startEarth();
fullEarth = true;
}
}
private void initLeftBar() {
leftBarGrid.setHgap(10);
leftBarGrid.setVgap(10);
leftBarGrid.setPadding(new Insets(0, 0, 0, 0));
leftBarGrid.add(earthViewer.getMiniEarth(), 0, 0);
}