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Synchronize transition across multiple control instances

I have several custom control. One of the requirements is to have the control be able to flash based on it's state. I am using a fade transition, which works great.
How can I sync the fade transition so that if multiple controls are flashing on the screen, they are fading in and out at the same rate?
The only thing I can think of to make this work easily is to have a static ParallelTransition that each instance adds it's fade transition to when active but that just doesn't sound like a clean approach to me.

You could use binding link everything to a key value which changes based upon a timeline.
The following code will create a bunch of circles, then fire off blinking on them at various times, but once the blinking starts, all of the circles continue blinking in unison (don't run this if you are prone to epilepsy...)
You can play around with the values and the interpolators used in the timeline to get the effect you want.
import javafx.animation.*;
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.beans.property.*;
import javafx.scene.Node;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.layout.Pane;
import javafx.scene.paint.Color;
import javafx.scene.shape.Circle;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
import javafx.util.Duration;
import java.util.Random;
public class Synchronicity extends Application {
private static final double N = 10;
private static final double R = 10;
private static final Duration D = Duration.seconds(2);
private static final double MIN_VAL = 0.1;
private static final double MAX_VAL = 1;
private static final Random r = new Random();
private final DoubleProperty opacity = new SimpleDoubleProperty(MAX_VAL);
private final Timeline oscillator = new Timeline(
new KeyFrame(Duration.ZERO, new KeyValue(opacity, MAX_VAL, Interpolator.EASE_BOTH)),
new KeyFrame(D.divide(2), new KeyValue(opacity, MIN_VAL, Interpolator.EASE_BOTH))
);
#Override
public void start(final Stage stage) {
Pane layout = new Pane();
for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) {
Circle circle = new Circle(R, Color.FIREBRICK);
circle.setCenterX(2 * R + i * R * 3);
circle.setCenterY(R * 2);
layout.getChildren().add(circle);
PauseTransition pause = new PauseTransition(D.multiply(r.nextDouble() * N));
pause.setOnFinished(e -> blink(circle));
pause.play();
}
layout.setMinSize(R + N * R * 3,R * 4);
stage.setScene(new Scene(layout));
stage.show();
oscillator.setAutoReverse(true);
oscillator.setCycleCount(Timeline.INDEFINITE);
oscillator.play();
}
private void blink(Node node) {
node.opacityProperty().bind(opacity);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
launch(args);
}
}

JavaFx: ComboBox editor's text

I am using the comboBox suggested in this answer: JavaFx: show DatePicker, but I have a problem displaying the correct text. If I chose a date from DatePicker I tried to set the editor's text but it happens nothing.
This is what I have tried:
getSelectionModel().selectedItemProperty().addListener((observable, oldValue, newValue) ->{
if (newValue != null) {
if (MyTupe.DATE.equals(newValue.getType())) {
initDatePicker();
datePicker.valueProperty().addListener((obs, oldDate, newDate) -> {
newValue.setValue(newDate);
getEditor().setText(newDate.toString());
datePopOver.hide();
});
StackPane stackPane = new StackPane(datePicker);
stackPane.setPadding(new Insets(10, 10, 10, 10));
datePopOver.setContentNode(stackPane);
datePopOver.show(this);
} else {
datePopOver.hide();
}
}
});
After experimenting a lot I added two events to the editor's textProperty and setOnMouseClicked like this:
getEditor().textProperty().addListener((observable, oldValue, newValue) -> {
System.out.println("Text changed");
});
setOnMouseClicked(event -> {
System.out.println(getEditor().getText());
});
First is not triggered if I don't set manually getEditor().setText(); even if I change the value of the comboBox, that is a little bit weird for me, because I thought this textField holds the text of the comboBox.(maybe am I wrong??). The mouseClick event displays every time an empty string if that line is removed.
If the getEditor().setText(); line is there the editor's getText() returns the correct text but it is not displayed in comboBox.
The questions:
Where is the comboBox's text stored?
How can I change the text in the selectedItemProperty's listener?
I assume that maybe I did somewhere a mistake so that's why this is not working, but I have no idea what, can you help me?

In the linked code
Replace:
items.set(0, new ComboBoxNode(newDate, DATE_TYPE));
with:
items.set(customComboBox.getSelectionModel().getSelectedIndex(), new ComboBoxNode(newDate, DATE_TYPE));
The linked code only changes the date at location zero. In this new code, the date in the appropriate location is changed.
Full Code:
import java.time.LocalDate;
import java.time.Month;
import java.util.Objects;
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.collections.FXCollections;
import javafx.collections.ObservableList;
import javafx.geometry.Insets;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.ComboBox;
import javafx.scene.control.DatePicker;
import javafx.scene.layout.FlowPane;
import javafx.scene.layout.StackPane;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
import org.controlsfx.control.PopOver;
/**
*
* #author blj0011
*/
public class JavaFXApplication155 extends Application
{
private static final String DATE_TYPE = "DATE";
private class ComboBoxNode {
private final Object value;
private final String type;
private ComboBoxNode(final Object value, final String type) {
this.value = value;
this.type = type;
}
#Override
public String toString() {
return Objects.toString(value);
}
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
launch(args);
}
#Override
public void start(Stage primaryStage) {
final ObservableList<ComboBoxNode> items =
FXCollections.observableArrayList(
new ComboBoxNode(LocalDate.now(), DATE_TYPE),
new ComboBoxNode(LocalDate.of(2017, Month.APRIL, 15), DATE_TYPE),//Added new date to ComboBox
new ComboBoxNode("11:35AM", "TIME"));
final PopOver datePopOver = new PopOver();
datePopOver.setTitle("Enter new date");
datePopOver.setCornerRadius(10);
datePopOver.setHeaderAlwaysVisible(true);
//datePopOver.set(true);
datePopOver.setAutoHide(true);
final ComboBox<ComboBoxNode> customComboBox = new ComboBox<>(items);
customComboBox.getSelectionModel().selectedItemProperty().addListener((o, old, newNode) -> {
if (newNode != null) {
if (newNode.type.equals(DATE_TYPE)) {
final DatePicker datePicker = new DatePicker((LocalDate) newNode.value);
datePicker.valueProperty().addListener((obs, oldDate, newDate) -> {
items.set(customComboBox.getSelectionModel().getSelectedIndex(), new ComboBoxNode(newDate, DATE_TYPE));//Fixed this line of code
datePopOver.hide();
});
final StackPane stackPane = new StackPane(datePicker);
stackPane.setPadding(new Insets(10, 10, 10, 10));
datePopOver.setContentNode(stackPane);
datePopOver.show(customComboBox);
} else {
datePopOver.hide();
}
}
});
final FlowPane pane = new FlowPane(customComboBox);
pane.setPadding(new Insets(10, 10, 10, 10));
pane.setPrefWidth(400);
pane.setPrefHeight(300);
// Show Scene
final Scene scene = new Scene(pane);
primaryStage.setTitle("Popup calendar");
primaryStage.setScene(scene);
primaryStage.show();
}
}

Regarding your question: where is the comboBox's text stored?
In general JavaFX controls are based on MVC architecture where the data is stored in model. Controls just represent model data according to defined converters and automatically reacts on any changes of model.
So, in your case the data is stored in ObservableList items. To have updated combobox you need just to replace the corresponding item by new object.
Note, the combobox already listens the ObservableList and any add/remove/set will be automatically represented on UI side.
Why this code doesn't work:
newValue.setValue(newDate);
Because you change the internal state of an item and ObservableList items doesn't react on such changes. Only the changing of the list will work. #Sedrick proposed correct solution.
See also the related question.

How to make a ListView selectable but not editable

so I'm writing a javafx app and I need to be able to select the cells from the list view (for copy paste purposes) but I don't want to make it editable, I mean, the content cannot be changed unless I want to (allowing it through a button, for example).
So I have the following code:
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.collections.FXCollections;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.ListView;
import javafx.scene.control.cell.TextFieldListCell;
import javafx.scene.layout.StackPane;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;
public class Main extends Application {
#Override
public void start(Stage primaryStage) throws Exception{
List<String> contacts = new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList("968787522","3424234234","2343234324"));
ListView<String> contactsList = new ListView();
contactsList.setItems(FXCollections.observableArrayList(contacts));
//this gives me the ability to edit the row as text field but I want this text field to not be editable
contactsList.setCellFactory(TextFieldListCell.forListView());
StackPane pane = new StackPane();
pane.getChildren().add(contactsList);
primaryStage.setScene(new Scene(pane, 300, 275));
primaryStage.show(); }
public static void main(String[] args) {
launch(args);
}
}
and if I set 'contactsList' as not editable, I'm not able to edit, neither select.
As you can see (image bellow),I'm editing the cell, but I want to be able to select the text(not the item), but I don't want to be able to delete characters (text selectable but not editable).

so after breaking my head off, lots of research and API reading, I came up with a solution. This does EXACTLY what I wanted to do. Here is the demo if someone needs it ;)
So the idea is, each time we want to select the content of a row we need to select the row, get the textField and set the editing to true or false, (every time).
So in the demo that I made, I placed a button so you can toggle the editing to true or false to be sure that's is working, and how is working.
Cheers.
I commented some of the code for better understanding, if you have any questions about this just let me know.
package sample;
import com.sun.javafx.scene.control.skin.VirtualFlow;
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.application.Platform;
import javafx.collections.FXCollections;
import javafx.scene.Group;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.*;
import javafx.scene.control.cell.TextFieldListCell;
import javafx.scene.layout.StackPane;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;
public class Main extends Application {
private boolean editable = false;
public static IndexedCell getCell(final Control control, final int index) {
return getVirtualFlow(control).getCell(index);
}
public static VirtualFlow<?> getVirtualFlow(Control control) {
Group group = new Group();
Scene scene = new Scene(group);
Stage stage = new Stage();
if(control.getScene() == null) {
group.getChildren().setAll(control);
stage.setScene(scene);
stage.show();
}
VirtualFlow<?>flow = (VirtualFlow<?>) control.lookup("#virtual-flow");
return flow;
}
public void setEditable(ListView contactsList){
//this needs to be done since we need to run our code after the text field was rendered
//so we need to invoke our code after this happens, if not it will throw a null pointer...
Platform.runLater(() -> {
//this is one of the most important guys because javafx api says that
//TextFieldListCell.forListView() allows editing of the cell content when the cell is double-clicked,
// or when {#link ListView#edit(int)} is called.
int rowIndex = contactsList.getSelectionModel().getSelectedIndex();
contactsList.edit(rowIndex);
ListCell rootCell = (ListCell) getCell(contactsList, rowIndex);
TextField textField = (TextField) rootCell.getGraphic();
textField.setEditable(editable);
});
}
#Override
public void start(Stage primaryStage) throws Exception{
List<String> contacts = new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList("968787522","3424234234","2343234324"));
ListView<String> contactsList = new ListView();
contactsList.setItems(FXCollections.observableArrayList(contacts));
contactsList.setEditable(true);
//this gives me the ability to edit the row as text field but I want this text field to not be editable
contactsList.setCellFactory(TextFieldListCell.forListView());
contactsList.setOnEditStart(e -> {
setEditable(contactsList);
});
StackPane pane = new StackPane();
Button editBtn = new Button("Toggle edit");
editBtn.setOnAction(event -> {
editable = !editable;
editBtn.setText("Editing = " + editable);
//to cancel any editing that might be occuring
contactsList.getSelectionModel().clearSelection();
});
pane.getChildren().addAll(contactsList,editBtn);
primaryStage.setScene(new Scene(pane, 300, 275));
primaryStage.show();
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
launch(args);
}
}

If I understand you correctly, it is not necessary to set the listview to 'not editable', as the default behaviour should suffice for your purpose. Take a look at this code, for example:
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.event.EventHandler;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.ListView;
import javafx.scene.input.MouseEvent;
import javafx.scene.layout.StackPane;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
public class NewFXMain extends Application {
#Override
public void start(Stage primaryStage) {
ListView listView = new ListView();
listView.getItems().addAll("one","two","three","four");
listView.setOnMouseClicked(new EventHandler<MouseEvent>() {
#Override
public void handle(MouseEvent event) {
System.out.println(listView.getSelectionModel().getSelectedItem());
}
});
StackPane root = new StackPane();
root.getChildren().add(listView);
Scene scene = new Scene(root, 300, 250);
primaryStage.setTitle("ListView Example");
primaryStage.setScene(scene);
primaryStage.show();
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
launch(args);
}
}
I changed nothing about the editable-property of the ListView, but I can select every item, without being able to edit it (in the sense of changing its value). You can easily add an EventHandler to the ListView to perform whatever operation you want to perform. You could also add an EventHandler to every cell of the ListView by manipulating the CellFactory, as shown in this answer: How to handle ListView item clicked action?

Here's what works for me:
TableView<DataBean> table = new TableView<>();
table.setItems(...); // list of some DataBean objects with dataBeanField proprty
table.setEditable(true);
TableColumn<DataBean, String> column = new TableColumn<>("SomeData");
column.setCellValueFactory(new PropertyValueFactory<DataBean, String>("dataBeanField"));
column.setCellFactory(new Callback<TableColumn<DataBean, String>, TableCell<DataBean, String>>() {
#Override
public TableCell<DataBean, String> call(TableColumn<DataBean, String> param) {
return new TextFieldTableCell<>(new DefaultStringConverter() {
private String defaultValue = "";
#Override
public String fromString(String newValue) {
return super.fromString(defaultValue);
}
#Override
public String toString(String value) {
return defaultValue = super.toString(value);
}
});
}
});

Disable all MouseEvents on the Children of a Pane

I have a Pane in which i add and remove nodes during a computation. Therefor i save a boolean which is set to true if the computation is running. of course i do some handling on starting and terminating a computation.
What i want to do now is: disable all MouseEvents on the children of the Pane if the computation starts and reenable them if the computation is terminated.
My tries until now where limited to completly remove the EventHandlers, but then i can't add them again later.
unfortunately i couldn't find a way to do this, so i hope for help here :)
Thanks in advance

Assuming you have implemented the long-running computation as a Task or Service (and if you haven't, you should probably consider doing so), you can just do something along the following lines:
Pane pane ;
// ...
Task<ResultType> computation = ... ;
pane.disableProperty().bind(computation.runningProperty());
new Thread(computation).start();
Calling setDisable(true) on a node will disable all its child nodes, so this will disable all the children of the pane, and re-enable them when the task is no longer running.
Here's an SSCCE:
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.concurrent.Service;
import javafx.concurrent.Task;
import javafx.geometry.HPos;
import javafx.geometry.Insets;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.Button;
import javafx.scene.control.Label;
import javafx.scene.control.TextField;
import javafx.scene.layout.ColumnConstraints;
import javafx.scene.layout.GridPane;
import javafx.scene.layout.Priority;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
public class ComputationSimulation extends Application {
#Override
public void start(Stage primaryStage) {
// text fields for input:
TextField xInput = new TextField();
TextField yInput = new TextField();
// Service for performing the computation.
// (For demo here, the computation just computes the sum of
// the two input values. Obviously this doesn't take long, so
// a random pause is inserted.)
Service<Integer> service = new Service<Integer>() {
#Override
protected Task<Integer> createTask() {
final int x = readTextField(xInput);
final int y = readTextField(yInput);
return new Task<Integer>() {
#Override
public Integer call() throws Exception {
// simulate long-running computation...
Thread.sleep((int)(Math.random() * 2000) + 1000);
// this doesn't really take much time(!):
return x + y ;
}
};
}
};
// Label to show result. Just use binding to bind to value of computation:
Label result = new Label();
result.textProperty().bind(service.valueProperty().asString());
// Button starts computation by restarting service:
Button compute = new Button("Compute");
compute.setOnAction(e -> service.restart());
// Pane to hold controls:
GridPane pane = new GridPane();
// Disable pane (and consequently all its children) when computation is running:
pane.disableProperty().bind(service.runningProperty());
// layout etc:
pane.setHgap(5);
pane.setVgap(10);
pane.addRow(0, new Label("x:"), xInput);
pane.addRow(1, new Label("y:"), yInput);
pane.addRow(2, new Label("Total:"), result);
pane.add(compute, 1, 3);
ColumnConstraints left = new ColumnConstraints();
left.setHalignment(HPos.RIGHT);
left.setHgrow(Priority.NEVER);
pane.getColumnConstraints().addAll(left, new ColumnConstraints());
pane.setPadding(new Insets(10));
Scene scene = new Scene(pane);
primaryStage.setScene(scene);
primaryStage.show();
}
// converts text in text field to an int if possible
// returns 0 if not valid text, and sets text accordingly
private int readTextField(TextField text) {
try {
return Integer.parseInt(text.getText());
} catch (NumberFormatException e) {
text.setText("0");
return 0 ;
}
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
launch(args);
}
}

How to force Java FX scene refresh?

I have an Java FX scene with a start button and several rectangles which represent the tiles of a map. I also have drawn a sphere which represents my explorer (it has to explore the map), but I am having difficulties with running the animation.
In my OnMouseClicked handler for the start button, I start an algorithm for exploring the map which changes the position of the sphere and the colors of the tiles which have been visited. The problem is that the scene won't update itself while the algorithm is running, so I only get to see how the final scene will look like (after the algorithm has stopped running). How can I force a scene update so I can see all the color changes sequentially?
Later edit:
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.event.Event;
import javafx.event.EventHandler;
import javafx.event.EventType;
import javafx.geometry.Insets;
import javafx.scene.Group;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.Button;
import javafx.scene.image.Image;
import javafx.scene.layout.HBox;
import javafx.scene.paint.Color;
import javafx.scene.shape.Rectangle;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
public class Test extends Application {
private static final double boxOuterSize = 50;
private static final double boxInnerSize = 48;
private static final double boxCornerRadius = 20;
private Stage applicationStage;
private Scene applicationScene;
private static double sceneWidth = 1024;
private static double sceneHeight = 800;
private static HBox container = new HBox();
private static Group root = new Group();
private Rectangle[] rectangles = new Rectangle[10];
#Override
public void start(Stage mainStage) throws Exception {
applicationStage = mainStage;
container.setSpacing(10);
container.setPadding(new Insets(10, 10, 10, 10));
try {
applicationScene = new Scene(container, sceneWidth, sceneHeight);
applicationScene.addEventHandler(EventType.ROOT,(EventHandler<? super Event>)this);
applicationScene.setFill(Color.WHITE);
} catch (Exception exception) {
System.out.println ("exception : "+exception.getMessage());
}
applicationStage.setTitle("HurtLockerRobot - Tema 3 IA");
applicationStage.getIcons().add(new Image("icon.png"));
applicationStage.setScene(applicationScene);
for(int i=0; i<10; i++) {
Rectangle r = new Rectangle();
r.setFill(Color.BLUE);
r.setX(i * boxOuterSize);
r.setY(0);
r.setWidth(boxInnerSize);
r.setHeight(boxInnerSize);
r.setArcHeight(boxCornerRadius);
r.setArcWidth(boxCornerRadius);
r.setSmooth(true);
rectangles[i] = r;
root.getChildren().add(rectangles[i]);
}
container.getChildren().add(root);
Button startButton = new Button("Start");
startButton.setOnMouseClicked(new EventHandler<Event>() {
#Override
public void handle(Event arg0) {
for(int i=0; i<10; i++) {
rectangles[i].setFill(Color.RED);
// TODO: some kind of scene refresh here
}
}
});
container.getChildren().add(startButton);
applicationStage.show();
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
launch(args);
}
}
Initially all the rectangles are blue. The behavior I want to obtain here is to see the rectangles changing colors sequentially. The problem is that I only get to see the end result (all the rectangles change their color at the same time).

This is an old question and it caught my eye since this is a very general issue faced by people new to JavaFX.
The problem that OP is facing is because he updates all the rectangles at once, without waiting.
OP can wait by either creating a new Thread, put the thread on sleep for an estimated seconds for every iteration of the loop and then update the color of the rectangle on JavaFX application thread by using Platform.runLater.
#Override
public void handle(Event arg0) {
new Thread(() -> {
for(int i=0; i<10; i++) {
try {
Thread.sleep(1000); // Wait for 1 sec before updating the color
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
int finalI = i;
Platform.runLater(() -> rectangles[finalI].setFill(Color.RED));// Update on JavaFX Application Thread
}
}).start();
The above snippet is more of a traditional way of doing things. If we want to use the "JavaFX" ways of doing things, we can achieve the same by using an Animation.
Below is a code snippet which will wait for x-seconds before changing the color of the rectangle. It doesn't need any extra thread since the wait is handled by PauseTransition applied for each rectangle.
startButton.setOnMouseClicked(new EventHandler<Event>() {
#Override
public void handle(Event arg0) {
for(int i=0; i<10; i++) {
PauseTransition pauseTransition = new PauseTransition(Duration.seconds(i));
int finalI = i;
pauseTransition.setOnFinished(event -> rectangles[finalI].setFill(Color.RED));
pauseTransition.play();
}
}
});
It creates a PauseTransition for each rectangle and depending on its index in the array rectangles, it waits for the same number of seconds before updating the color.

This is because of :
exception : Test cannot be cast to javafx.event.EventHandler
Well, I have no idea how Class cast exception came up.
Otherwise, to delay, you can use Thread.sleep().
UPDATE:
Its good to use AnimationTimer to create an animation, you don't need to refresh anything.
Here, I have done a short EG to show color rect using FillTransition.
CODE:
import javafx.animation.FillTransition;
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.event.ActionEvent;
import javafx.event.EventHandler;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.Button;
import javafx.scene.layout.StackPane;
import javafx.scene.paint.Color;
import javafx.scene.shape.Rectangle;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
import javafx.util.Duration;
public class NewFXMain1 extends Application {
private static final double boxOuterSize = 50;
private static final double boxInnerSize = 48;
private static final double boxCornerRadius = 20;
private Rectangle rectangles = new Rectangle();
public static void main(String[] args) {
launch(args);
}
#Override
public void start(Stage primaryStage) {
primaryStage.setTitle("rect");
Button btn = new Button();
StackPane root = new StackPane();
Rectangle r = new Rectangle();
r.setFill(Color.BLUE);
r.setX(2 * boxOuterSize);
r.setY(0);
r.setWidth(boxInnerSize);
r.setHeight(boxInnerSize);
r.setArcHeight(boxCornerRadius);
r.setArcWidth(boxCornerRadius);
r.setSmooth(true);
r.localToScene(boxOuterSize, boxOuterSize);
rectangles = r;
root.getChildren().add(rectangles);
btn.setText("display");
btn.setOnAction(new EventHandler<ActionEvent>() {
#Override
public void handle(ActionEvent event) {
FillTransition ft = new FillTransition(Duration.millis(3000), rectangles, Color.RED, Color.BLUE);
ft.setCycleCount(4);
ft.setAutoReverse(true);
ft.play();
}
});
root.getChildren().add(btn);
primaryStage.setScene(new Scene(root, 300, 250));
primaryStage.show();
}
}