Questions tagged [fxml]
a scriptable XML-based language that provides the structure for building a JavaFX user interface separate from the application logic of your code.
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Passing Parameters JavaFX FXML
How can I pass parameters to a secondary window in javafx? Is there a way to communicate with the corresponding controller?
For example:
The user chooses a customer from a TableView and a new window ...
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JavaFX - setVisible hides the element but doesn't rearrange adjacent nodes
In JavaFX, if I have a scene with 2 VBox elements and each VBox has multiple Label in it.
If I set the top VBox to invisible, why does the bottom VBox not move up the scene where the top VBox was ?
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Where has the JavaFX scene builder gone?
I am trying to find the elusive JavaFX scene builder so I can use it in Intellij. I am on Windows OS.
Oracle have stated that the JavaFX scene builder is included in a new download, but no matter how ...
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Accessing FXML controller class
I would like to communicate with a FXML controller class at any time, to update information on the screen from the main application or other stages.
Is this possible? I havent found any way to do ...
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JavaFX 2.1 TableView refresh items
I have this common issue, as it appears to be. My table view wont refresh my items after I reset them. I have checked the data and it's the new one.
I tried multiple solution from internet but no ...
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Label and Text differences in JavaFX
What is the difference between javafx.scene.text.Text and javafx.scene.control.Label?
The documentation says:
Label is a non-editable text control.
The Text class defines a node that displays a ...
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close fxml window by code, javafx
I need to close the current fxml window by code in the controller
I know stage.close() or stage.hide() do this in fx
how to implement this in fxml? I tried
private void on_btnClose_clicked(...
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Remove the default 'no content in table' text for empty javafx table
I would like to remove or change the default text shown by an empty javafx table from No content in table to something more meaningful for the user.
For example in a table showing students, when ...
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How to reference javafx fxml files in resource folder?
I am creating a javafx GUI application and my project is a maven configured project. I want to be able to reference my fxml files like this in my controllers:
FXMLLoader.load(getClass().getResource(&...
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JavaFX Panel inside Panel auto resizing
I have a JavaFX application which has only one FXML file. In this file I have one AnchorPane which has a StackPane inside it. Here is the screenshot:
When I start this application, I want to resize ...
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JavaFX FXML API version warning
I have recently started noticing the following warning when starting my JavaFX application:
WARNING: Loading FXML document with JavaFX API of version 8.0.65 by JavaFX runtime of version 8.0.60
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IntelliJ IDEA - getClass().getResource("...") return null
I'm using IntelliJ IDEA 13.1.5, I used to work with Eclipse. I'm working on JavaFX application, I try to load FXML file within my MainApp class using getClass().getResource().
I read the documentation ...
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How to create custom components in JavaFX 2.0 using FXML?
I can't seem to find any material on the subject. To give a more concrete example, let's say I want to create a simple component that combines a checkbox and a label. Then, populate a ListView with ...
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Loading new fxml in the same scene
I have 2 fxml files:
Layout (header, menubars and content)
Anchorpane (it's supposed to be placed inside the content from the other fxml file)
I would like to know how can I load the second file ...
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How to make window fullscreen/maximized in Scene Builder?
I am making a view in SceneBuilder for my JavaFX application. I want my view to be maximized. How can I achieve this in SceneBuilder or the .fxml file?
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Customize ListView in JavaFX with FXML
I want to make a customize list view in javafx. Here I need to bind multiple component in list cell as follow, like
one label, one textfield, one button under one HBox and
two button, one hyperlink, ...
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FXML full reference?
I'm trying to learn JavaFX 2.0 + FXML, and i found it kind of uncomfortable to make fxml file, without knowing what i can put in it and what i can't. I mean which tags are possible in FXML, which ...
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How to control the JavaFX Tooltip's delay?
I was playing around with JavaFX's Tooltip. I realized that for me personally the delay between hovering over something and the tooltip actually appearing is too long. A look in the API reveals:
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How to switch scenes in JavaFX
I have looked on many pages to try and find out how to switch scenes but I have been unsuccessful.
I have a calculator and my goal is to select a menu option to change Calculators(ie: basic and ...
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Why would scenebuilder 2.0 fail to open my fxml file?
I have an fxml file that I created using SceneBuilder 2.0. This file is used in my JavaFx project that I am developing using Netbeans 8. Today, SceneBuilder stopped working with my file. When I tried ...
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How do I add margin to a JavaFX element using CSS?
I have the following fragment of FXML:
<VBox fx:id="paneLeft">
<TextField promptText="Password"/>
<Button fx:id="btnLogin" text="Login" maxWidth="10000"/>
<Hyperlink ...
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How to get selected radio button from ToggleGroup
I an working on JavaFX 8 and SceneBuilder. I created some radio buttons in the FXML File and specified a toggleGroup name to a radio button list in that. So, now I want to get the toggleGroup's ...
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Styling a JavaFX 2 button using FXML only - How to add an image to a button?
I want to change the styling of a button, most of the threads here and the articles on the internet show how to do it using Java code, which I don't see it as a real good solution, is there any way ...
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JavaFX Project Structure
JavaFX's MVC Model by using FXML sounds awesome and all but I'm having trouble find out how to organize my project packages.
Every single tutorial i find about JavaFX is way too simple and ...
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How to create multiple javafx controllers with different fxml files?
I've been looking at some blogs and other stackoverflow questions, and I'm not seeing a direct answer to my question. I am creating a javafx gui client and I want to have my menubar be one controller ...
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JavaFX: FXML: How to make the child to extend its size to fit the parent pane?
I have managed to load a child fxml(sub UI) under a parent fxml (mainMenu UI).
I have created an AnchorPane with id "mainContent". This pane is bound to 4 sides and changes in accords to the stage.
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Multiple FXML with Controllers, share object
Goodevening everyone,
I have found a bunch of posts already on this topic but I still can not manage to pass an object from Controller1 to Controller2. Is there somewhere a full tutorial or some ...
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JavaFX Nested Controllers (FXML <include>)
In this tutorial, there is an example of how to include custom components and use their controllers from the controller of the container.
main_window_content.fxml
<VBox fx:controller="com.foo....
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How to embed .ttf fonts in JavaFx 2.2?
Firstly, I am quite a new guy in coding. I need to embed a font in my java FXML-based app and don't know how to do it. I have pasted the font, fontName.ttf in a "resources" folder in the ...
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How to initialize JavaFX controllers with the same model object?
Scenario
I am creating a GUI where multiple views reference the same model object.
What I am Accustom to
In Swing, if i want all the views to reference the same model i would pass the model into ...
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Javafx open another fxml in the another window with button
Is it possible in javafx to open new stages (windows) from another fxml with a button?
Thanks for the answers.
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How to handle ListView item clicked action?
I have my JavaFX 2.0 application, where i need to make some action, after user clicked an item in ListView element. To construct user GUI i'm using FXML, in which i have something like this:
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How to get parent Window in FXML Controller?
For example, I want open a DirectoryChooser when clicking on the button:
<VBox fx:controller="com.foo.MyController"
xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml">
<children>
<...
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FXMLLoader getController returns NULL?
I have the main application class that does the following just fine:
@Override
public void start(Stage primaryStage) {
try {
FXMLLoader loader = new FXMLLoader(getClass()....
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What is the "mnemonicParsing" attribute in Java FX
I have been working with SceneBuilder and I observe that it applies the attribute of mnemonicParsing and equates it to false for every Node that I make.
What exactly is it? What difference does it ...
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Is @FXML needed for every declaration?
Is @FXML needed for every declaration or just for the first?
In other words, should I use
@FXML
public Label timerLabel = new Label();
@FXML
public TextField mainTextField, projectTextField ;
@FXML
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Default JavaFX-CSS
Is there any way to see the applied CSS-Rules for JavaFX-Elements? Or there is a published reference with the default CSS-Rules available?
I would like, for example , to know the color of Toolbar's ...
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Java FX fxml on Action
I want to add a method to a button which is defined in my Controller class
in the console is only an error which tells me that it couldn't find the method
here is the code
sample.fxml
<?xml ...
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Bootstrap with JavaFX
I am creating a GUI in a java fxml project using netbeans. I wanted to use bootstrap to style the gui but I have noticed that everything in javafx is prefixed with fx-. Is there still a way to get ...
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JavaFX How to set max/min window size?
Does setMinSize() work on containers such as GridPane, for example? I have found that in my program GridPane ignores min. size properties while resized manually.
Here is the FXML code:
<GridPane ...
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How to change sub fxml gui parts at runtime with Button Click
I'm tryin to build a skeleton for a big complex gui, so the idea is to make everything with mvc like style in javafx 2.1, so every component has a fxml file and if needed css,controller and model. I'm ...
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JavaFX 8 - Tabpanes and tabs with separate FXML and controllers for each tab
I hope to get some answers regarding having fx:include statements for each tab in a tabpane. I have managed with ease to get content to show up BUT referencing methods of the associated controller ...
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ComboBox FXML default value
How can I set a default value in a ComboBox using FXML?
<ComboBox fx:id="cbo_Bacteriologie_Aesculine" prefHeight="21.0" prefWidth="105.0" GridPane.columnIndex="1" GridPane.rowIndex="0">
<...
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How can I show an image using the ImageView component in javafx and fxml?
I suppose it's a very simple thing but I just can't get behind it.
All I want is to show an image over an ImageView linked to fxml.
Here is my code:
package application;
import java.io.File;
import ...
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Can I automatically generate controller classes from FXML?
As I understand it, when using FXML to describe a Java FX scene, the controller class is written manually and it's member variables and methods can then be referenced from the .fxml file. When loading ...
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How to position a button (or any GUI element) in a JavaFX scene?
I am trying to put a JavaFX button in a specific place (specific coordinates) on a UI, but nothing is working. I'm guessing that there is a method that is used for this, but I can't find it.
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Set multiple styleClass values
How does one set two classes on a node in a JavaFX FXML file?
<VBox styleClass="notice high">
This adds one value "notice high" instead of two values "notice" and "high". How can I add two ...
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RequestFocus in TextField doesn't work
I use JavaFX 2.1 and I created GUI using FXML, in the controller of this GUI I added myTextField.requestFocus();.
But I always get the focus in the other control.
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How to reference primaryStage [duplicate]
I use .fxml-Files for the view-layer of my application. Each fxml has a controller attached to it
<AnchorPane fx:controller="movielistjavafx.view.MainWindowController">
Let's assume I have a ...
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Getting started on Scala + JavaFX desktop application development
Is there some guide or walkthrough to building a Scala + JavaFX desktop application?
I'm having hard time finding a good source and I am using IntelliJ IDEA as the IDE.
Even the most simplistic ...
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