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Javafx - Update progress indicator in UI from java class

The following are the changes I made in fxml
Changes in the java file , here my code :
private ProgressIndicator pi;
void handlebuildButtonAction(ActionEvent event) throws IOException, GeneralSecurityException {
if ((entServer.isSelected()==true || compasServer.isSelected()==true)) {
if(!fileList.isEmpty()){
ProgressIndicator pi = new ProgressIndicator();
pi.setProgress(10);
}
}
The progress indicator is not updated when I run the application. I'm not sure how to sync the changes to UI. Assist me on this. Thanks in advance.
output

For example: if you set 0.1 - progress will be 10%, 0.2 - 20% and so on, so when you set the progress => 1 you will always have "done".
Here, this an example with a button, when you click the button, your progress indicator will be updated(one click + 10%):
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.Button;
import javafx.scene.control.ProgressIndicator;
import javafx.scene.layout.*;
import javafx.event.ActionEvent;
import javafx.event.EventHandler;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
public class Test extends Application {
private ProgressIndicator pi;
private double counter = 0;
public void start(Stage stage)
{
ProgressIndicator pi = new ProgressIndicator();
Button button = new Button("Press");
TilePane root = new TilePane();
// action event
EventHandler<ActionEvent> event = new EventHandler<ActionEvent>() {
public void handle(ActionEvent e)
{
counter += 0.1;
pi.setProgress(counter);
}
};
button.setOnAction(event);
root.getChildren().add(button);
root.getChildren().add(pi);
// create a scene
Scene scene = new Scene(root, 200, 200);
// set the scene
stage.setScene(scene);
stage.show();
}
public static void main(String args[])
{
// launch the application
launch(args);
}
}
Just change this code for your case:
EventHandler<ActionEvent> event = new EventHandler<ActionEvent>() {
public void handle(ActionEvent e)
{
if ((entServer.isSelected()==true || compasServer.isSelected()==true)) {
if (!fileList.isEmpty()) {
counter += 0.1;
pi.setProgress(counter);
}
}
}
};
Hope that helps you!

JavaFX - Undo drawing on a scaled Canvas

I'm developing a simple image editing functionality as a part of a larger JavaFX application, but I'm having some trouble to work out the undo/zoom and draw requirements together.
My requirements are the following:
The user should be able to:
Draw freehand on the image
Zoom in and out the image
Undo the changes
If the canvas is bigger than the window, it should have scroll-bars.
How I implemented these requirements:
The Drawing is done by starting a line when the mouse is pressed on the canvas, stroking it when it is dragged and closing the path when the button is released.
The Zoom works by scaling the canvas to a higher or lower value.
The Undo method takes a snapshot of the current state of the canvas when the mouse is pressed (before any change is made) and push it to a Stack of Images. When I need to undo some change I pop the last image of the Stack and draw it on the canvas, replacing the current image by the last one.
To have scroll-bars I just place the Canvas inside a Group and a ScrollPane.
Everything works fine, except when I try to draw on a scaled canvas. Due to the way I implemented the Undo functionality, I have to scale it back to 1, take a snapshot of the Node then scale it back to the size it was before. When this happens and the user is dragging the mouse the image position changes below the mouse pointer, causing it to draw a line that shouldn't be there.
Normal (unscaled canvas):
Bug (scaled canvas)
I tried the following approaches to solve the problem:
Don't re-scale to take the snapshot - Doesn't cause the unwanted line, but I end up with different image sizes in the stack, if it's smaller (zoomed out) when the snapshot was taken I now have a lower resolution of the image that I can't scale up without losing quality.
Tweak the logic and put the pushUndo call to the mouseReleased event - It almost worked, but when the user scrolled to a place and it's drawing there, the re-scaling causes the image to scroll back to the top-left;
Tried to search an way to "clone" or serialize the canvas and store the object state in the Stack - Didn't found anything I was able to adapt, and JavaFX doesn't support serialization of its objects.
I think the problem can be solved either by reworking the undo functionality as it doesn't need to re-scale the canvas to copy its state or by changing the way I zoom the canvas without scaling it, but I'm out of ideas on how to implement either of those options.
Below is the functional code example to reproduce the problem:
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.scene.Group;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.canvas.Canvas;
import javafx.scene.canvas.GraphicsContext;
import javafx.scene.control.Button;
import javafx.scene.control.ScrollPane;
import javafx.scene.image.Image;
import javafx.scene.layout.BorderPane;
import javafx.scene.layout.HBox;
import javafx.scene.paint.Color;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
import java.util.Stack;
public class Main extends Application {
Stack<Image> undoStack;
Canvas canvas;
double canvasScale;
public static void main(String[] args) {
launch(args);
}
#Override
public void start(Stage stage) {
canvasScale = 1.0;
undoStack = new Stack<>();
BorderPane borderPane = new BorderPane();
HBox hbox = new HBox(4);
Button btnUndo = new Button("Undo");
btnUndo.setOnAction(actionEvent -> undo());
Button btnIncreaseZoom = new Button("Increase Zoom");
btnIncreaseZoom.setOnAction(actionEvent -> increaseZoom());
Button btnDecreaseZoom = new Button("Decrease Zoom");
btnDecreaseZoom.setOnAction(actionEvent -> decreaseZoom());
hbox.getChildren().addAll(btnUndo, btnIncreaseZoom, btnDecreaseZoom);
ScrollPane scrollPane = new ScrollPane();
Group group = new Group();
canvas = new Canvas();
canvas.setWidth(400);
canvas.setHeight(300);
group.getChildren().add(canvas);
scrollPane.setContent(group);
GraphicsContext gc = canvas.getGraphicsContext2D();
gc.setLineWidth(2.0);
gc.setStroke(Color.RED);
canvas.setOnMousePressed(mouseEvent -> {
pushUndo();
gc.beginPath();
gc.lineTo(mouseEvent.getX(), mouseEvent.getY());
});
canvas.setOnMouseDragged(mouseEvent -> {
gc.lineTo(mouseEvent.getX(), mouseEvent.getY());
gc.stroke();
});
canvas.setOnMouseReleased(mouseEvent -> {
gc.lineTo(mouseEvent.getX(), mouseEvent.getY());
gc.stroke();
gc.closePath();
});
borderPane.setTop(hbox);
borderPane.setCenter(scrollPane);
Scene scene = new Scene(borderPane, 800, 600);
stage.setScene(scene);
stage.show();
}
private void increaseZoom() {
canvasScale += 0.1;
canvas.setScaleX(canvasScale);
canvas.setScaleY(canvasScale);
}
private void decreaseZoom () {
canvasScale -= 0.1;
canvas.setScaleX(canvasScale);
canvas.setScaleY(canvasScale);
}
private void pushUndo() {
// Restore the canvas scale to 1 so I can get the original scale image
canvas.setScaleX(1);
canvas.setScaleY(1);
// Get the image with the snapshot method and store it on the undo stack
Image snapshot = canvas.snapshot(null, null);
undoStack.push(snapshot);
// Set the canvas scale to the value it was before the method
canvas.setScaleX(canvasScale);
canvas.setScaleY(canvasScale);
}
private void undo() {
if (!undoStack.empty()) {
Image undoImage = undoStack.pop();
canvas.getGraphicsContext2D().drawImage(undoImage, 0, 0);
}
}
}

Consider drawing Shape objects, in this case Path objects, and apply scale to them:
import java.util.Stack;
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.scene.Group;
import javafx.scene.Node;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.Button;
import javafx.scene.layout.BorderPane;
import javafx.scene.layout.HBox;
import javafx.scene.layout.Pane;
import javafx.scene.paint.Color;
import javafx.scene.shape.LineTo;
import javafx.scene.shape.MoveTo;
import javafx.scene.shape.Path;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
public class Main extends Application {
private Path path;
private Stack<Path> undoStack;
private Group group;
private double scale = 1;
public static void main(String[] args) {
launch(args);
}
#Override
public void start(Stage primaryStage) {
undoStack = new Stack<>();
Button btnUndo = new Button("Undo");
btnUndo.setOnAction(actionEvent -> undo());
Button btnIncreaseZoom = new Button("Increase Zoom");
btnIncreaseZoom.setOnAction(actionEvent -> increaseZoom());
Button btnDecreaseZoom = new Button("Decrease Zoom");
btnDecreaseZoom.setOnAction(actionEvent -> decreaseZoom());
HBox hbox = new HBox(4, btnUndo, btnIncreaseZoom, btnDecreaseZoom);
group = new Group();
BorderPane root = new BorderPane(new Pane(group), hbox, null,null, null);
Scene scene = new Scene(root, 300, 400);
root.setOnMousePressed(mouseEvent -> newPath(mouseEvent.getX(), mouseEvent.getY()));
root.setOnMouseDragged(mouseEvent -> addToPath(mouseEvent.getX(), mouseEvent.getY()));
primaryStage.setScene(scene);
primaryStage.show();
}
private void newPath(double x, double y) {
path = new Path();
path.setStrokeWidth(1);
path.setStroke(Color.BLACK);
path.getElements().add(new MoveTo(x,y));
group.getChildren().add(path);
undoStack.add(path);
}
private void addToPath(double x, double y) {
path.getElements().add(new LineTo(x, y));
}
private void increaseZoom() {
scale += 0.1;
reScale();
}
private void decreaseZoom () {
scale -= 0.1;
reScale();
}
private void reScale(){
for(Path path : undoStack){
path.setScaleX(scale);
path.setScaleY(scale);
}
}
private void undo() {
if(! undoStack.isEmpty()){
Node node = undoStack.pop();
group.getChildren().remove(node);
}
}
}

I solved the problem by extending the Canvas component and adding a second canvas in the extended class to act as a copy of the main canvas.
Every time I made a change in the canvas I do the same change in this "carbon" canvas. When I need to re-scale the canvas to get the snapshot (the root of my problem) I just re-scale the "carbon" canvas back to 1 and get my snapshot from it. This doesn't cause the drag of the mouse in the main canvas, as it remains scaled during this process. Probably this isn't the optimal solution, but it works.
Below is the code for reference, to anyone who may have a similar problem in the future.
ExtendedCanvas.java
import javafx.scene.canvas.Canvas;
import javafx.scene.canvas.GraphicsContext;
import javafx.scene.image.Image;
import java.util.Stack;
public class ExtendedCanvas extends Canvas {
private final double ZOOM_SCALE = 0.1;
private final double MAX_ZOOM_SCALE = 3.0;
private final double MIN_ZOOM_SCALE = 0.2;
private double currentScale;
private final Stack<Image> undoStack;
private final Stack<Image> redoStack;
private final Canvas carbonCanvas;
private final GraphicsContext gc;
private final GraphicsContext carbonGc;
public ExtendedCanvas(double width, double height){
super(width, height);
carbonCanvas = new Canvas(width, height);
undoStack = new Stack<>();
redoStack = new Stack<>();
currentScale = 1.0;
gc = this.getGraphicsContext2D();
carbonGc = carbonCanvas.getGraphicsContext2D();
setEventHandlers();
}
private void setEventHandlers() {
this.setOnMousePressed(mouseEvent -> {
pushUndo();
gc.beginPath();
gc.lineTo(mouseEvent.getX(), mouseEvent.getY());
carbonGc.beginPath();
carbonGc.lineTo(mouseEvent.getX(), mouseEvent.getY());
});
this.setOnMouseDragged(mouseEvent -> {
gc.lineTo(mouseEvent.getX(), mouseEvent.getY());
gc.stroke();
carbonGc.lineTo(mouseEvent.getX(), mouseEvent.getY());
carbonGc.stroke();
});
this.setOnMouseReleased(mouseEvent -> {
gc.lineTo(mouseEvent.getX(), mouseEvent.getY());
gc.stroke();
gc.closePath();
carbonGc.lineTo(mouseEvent.getX(), mouseEvent.getY());
carbonGc.stroke();
carbonGc.closePath();
});
}
public void zoomIn() {
if (currentScale < MAX_ZOOM_SCALE ) {
currentScale += ZOOM_SCALE;
setScale(currentScale);
}
}
public void zoomOut() {
if (currentScale > MIN_ZOOM_SCALE) {
currentScale -= ZOOM_SCALE;
setScale(currentScale);
}
}
public void zoomNormal() {
currentScale = 1.0;
setScale(currentScale);
}
private void setScale(double value) {
this.setScaleX(value);
this.setScaleY(value);
carbonCanvas.setScaleX(value);
carbonCanvas.setScaleY(value);
}
private void pushUndo() {
redoStack.clear();
undoStack.push(getSnapshot());
}
private Image getSnapshot(){
carbonCanvas.setScaleX(1);
carbonCanvas.setScaleY(1);
Image snapshot = carbonCanvas.snapshot(null, null);
carbonCanvas.setScaleX(currentScale);
carbonCanvas.setScaleY(currentScale);
return snapshot;
}
public void undo() {
if (hasUndo()) {
Image redo = getSnapshot();
redoStack.push(redo);
Image undoImage = undoStack.pop();
gc.drawImage(undoImage, 0, 0);
carbonGc.drawImage(undoImage, 0, 0);
}
}
public void redo() {
if (hasRedo()) {
Image undo = getSnapshot();
undoStack.push(undo);
Image redoImage = redoStack.pop();
gc.drawImage(redoImage, 0, 0);
carbonGc.drawImage(redoImage, 0, 0);
}
}
public boolean hasUndo() {
return !undoStack.isEmpty();
}
public boolean hasRedo() {
return !redoStack.isEmpty();
}
}
Main.java
package com.felipepaschoal;
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.scene.Group;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.Button;
import javafx.scene.control.ScrollPane;
import javafx.scene.layout.BorderPane;
import javafx.scene.layout.HBox;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
public class Main extends Application {
ExtendedCanvas extendedCanvas;
public static void main(String[] args) {
launch(args);
}
#Override
public void start(Stage stage) {
BorderPane borderPane = new BorderPane();
HBox hbox = new HBox(4);
Button btnUndo = new Button("Undo");
btnUndo.setOnAction(actionEvent -> extendedCanvas.undo());
Button btnRedo = new Button("Redo");
btnRedo.setOnAction(actionEvent -> extendedCanvas.redo());
Button btnDecreaseZoom = new Button("-");
btnDecreaseZoom.setOnAction(actionEvent -> extendedCanvas.zoomOut());
Button btnResetZoom = new Button("Reset");
btnResetZoom.setOnAction(event -> extendedCanvas.zoomNormal());
Button btnIncreaseZoom = new Button("+");
btnIncreaseZoom.setOnAction(actionEvent -> extendedCanvas.zoomIn());
hbox.getChildren().addAll(
btnUndo,
btnRedo,
btnDecreaseZoom,
btnResetZoom,
btnIncreaseZoom
);
ScrollPane scrollPane = new ScrollPane();
Group group = new Group();
extendedCanvas = new ExtendedCanvas(300,200);
group.getChildren().add(extendedCanvas);
scrollPane.setContent(group);
borderPane.setTop(hbox);
borderPane.setCenter(scrollPane);
Scene scene = new Scene(borderPane, 600, 400);
stage.setScene(scene);
stage.show();
}
}

Get single stage resize event when user releases left mouse button

I've googled enough but still can find solution to get only single resize event when user releases left mouse button. For example the following solution from here
stage.titleProperty().bind(
scene.widthProperty().asString().
concat(" : ").
concat(scene.heightProperty().asString()));
When user clicks mouse left button and starts resizing the stage we will get very many events (using property listeners) while he does resizing. However, I want to get only one event - when the user completes resizing and releases mouse left button.
Another solution is here This solution significantly decreases amount of events but still doesn't let to get only one.
How to get only one resize event after user releases mouse button?

As far as I know, the mouse event handlers that resize the stage are managed natively, and so there is no way to access those purely in JavaFX - to do this the way you describe would require writing native libraries and hooking into them.
If you are doing some heavy computation (or other work that takes a long time) in response to the change in size of the stage, your best bet is probably to write code that only processes one change at a time, and just processes the last known change when it can.
An example of this is:
import java.util.Random;
import java.util.concurrent.ArrayBlockingQueue;
import java.util.concurrent.BlockingQueue;
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.application.Platform;
import javafx.beans.value.ChangeListener;
import javafx.geometry.Point2D;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.layout.StackPane;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
public class StageResizeThrottling extends Application {
private Random rng = new Random();
#Override
public void start(Stage primaryStage) {
BlockingQueue<Point2D> dimensionChangeQueue = new ArrayBlockingQueue<>(1);
ChangeListener<Number> dimensionChangeListener = (obs, oldValue, newValue) -> {
dimensionChangeQueue.clear();
dimensionChangeQueue.add(new Point2D(primaryStage.getWidth(), primaryStage.getHeight()));
};
primaryStage.widthProperty().addListener(dimensionChangeListener);
primaryStage.heightProperty().addListener(dimensionChangeListener);
Thread processDimensionChangeThread = new Thread(() -> {
try {
while (true) {
System.out.println("Waiting for change in size");
Point2D size = dimensionChangeQueue.take();
System.out.printf("Detected change in size to [%.1f, %.1f]: processing%n", size.getX(), size.getY());
process(size, primaryStage);
System.out.println("Done processing");
}
} catch (InterruptedException letThreadExit) { }
});
processDimensionChangeThread.setDaemon(true);
processDimensionChangeThread.start();
Scene scene = new Scene(new StackPane(), 600, 600);
primaryStage.setScene(scene);
primaryStage.show();
}
private void process(Point2D stageDimension, Stage stage) throws InterruptedException {
// simulate slow process:
Thread.sleep(500 + rng.nextInt(1000));
final String title = String.format("Width: %.0f Height: %.0f", stageDimension.getX(), stageDimension.getY());
Platform.runLater(() -> stage.setTitle(title));
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
launch(args);
}
}
Note that this will always process the very first change immediately, and then process the latest change when each previously-processed change has finished processing. If no further changes have occurred, it will wait until one does occur and then process it immediately. If you like, you can combine this with the timer-based technique you linked for coalescing the changes in the listener, which will typically remove the very first change that is processed (which is usually redundant as it is almost always followed by subsequent changes). The following changes will wait until no resizes have occurred for 300ms before submitting one to the queue for processing (the thread still behaves the same way - it will process the latest change, and when that processing is complete, wait for another one):
BlockingQueue<Point2D> dimensionChangeQueue = new ArrayBlockingQueue<>(1);
PauseTransition coalesceChanges = new PauseTransition(Duration.millis(300));
coalesceChanges.setOnFinished(e -> {
dimensionChangeQueue.clear();
dimensionChangeQueue.add(new Point2D(primaryStage.getWidth(), primaryStage.getHeight()));
});
ChangeListener<Number> dimensionChangeListener = (obs, oldValue, newValue) ->
coalesceChanges.playFromStart();
primaryStage.widthProperty().addListener(dimensionChangeListener);
primaryStage.heightProperty().addListener(dimensionChangeListener);
There's some tuning here, which is a tradeoff between latency and over-eagerness in processing changes. You probably want the pause transition to last something shorter than the average processing time of the change in screen size, but not an order of magnitude shorter.
The code guarantees that no more than one change will be processed at a time and that the latest change will eventually be processed if no more changes occur. This is probably about as good as you can get without accessing native user events. (And it would also handle programmatic changes in the stage size, which a mouse handler would not handle.)

I tried to create an example to achieve what you are looking for, I ended up with this, it is not perfect but when I tested it, it looked like it could help:
import javafx.animation.KeyFrame;
import javafx.animation.Timeline;
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.beans.property.BooleanProperty;
import javafx.beans.property.SimpleBooleanProperty;
import javafx.beans.value.ChangeListener;
import javafx.beans.value.ObservableValue;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.layout.Pane;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
import javafx.util.Duration;
public class OneEventJavaFX extends Application{
double originalWidth = 400; // the initial width of Scene when the program starts
double originalHeight = 400; // the initial height of Scene when the program starts
// boolean property to be observed in order to know the completion of stage resize
BooleanProperty completedProperty = new SimpleBooleanProperty(false);
Timeline timeline;
#Override
public void start(Stage stage) throws Exception {
Pane root = new Pane(); // simple root as example just for test purpose
Scene scene = new Scene(root, 400,400);
stage.setScene(scene);
stage.setTitle("OneEventJavaFX");
stage.show();
// because I could not find a way to implement MouseEvent.MOUSE_RELEASED
// on the stage to notify the completion on resizing, I had to use a TimeLine
// the duration should consider the time the user usually take to finish every resize
// duration is tricky, Very Slow Resizing V.S Very Fast Resizing!
timeline = new Timeline(new KeyFrame(Duration.seconds(1), e ->{
System.out.println("Resizing Should Be Completed By Now!");
originalWidth = scene.getWidth(); // record the new scene size
originalHeight = scene.getHeight();
completedProperty.setValue(false);
}));
// change listener, to be added to and removed from the scene
ChangeListener<Number> changeListener= (observable, oldValue, newValue) ->{
System.out.println("I am Detecting an Event!"); // test
// once the size changed
if(originalWidth-scene.getWidth()>1 || scene.getWidth()-originalWidth>1 ||
originalHeight-scene.getHeight()>1 || scene.getHeight()-originalHeight>1){
completedProperty.set(true); // notify that completion should be considered
System.out.println("I Stopped! No More Events!");
timeline.play(); // and start counting the time
}};
// add the change listener when the program starts up
scene.widthProperty().addListener(changeListener);
scene.heightProperty().addListener(changeListener);
System.out.println("ChangeListener Added At Startup!");
// now listen to the change of the boolean property value
// instead of the size changes, it should NOT take a lot of work
// then accordingly add and remove change listener!
completedProperty.addListener(new ChangeListener<Boolean>() {
#Override
public void changed(ObservableValue<? extends Boolean> observable,
Boolean notComplete, Boolean complete) {
if (complete) {
scene.widthProperty().removeListener(changeListener);
scene.heightProperty().removeListener(changeListener);
System.out.println("ChangeListener Removed!");
}
else{
scene.widthProperty().addListener(changeListener);
scene.heightProperty().addListener(changeListener);
System.out.println("ChangeListener Added Back!");
}
}
});
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
launch();
}
}
Test While Resizing
ChangeListener Added At Startup!
I am Detecting an Event!
I am Detecting an Event!
ChangeListener Removed!
I Stopped! No More Events!
Resizing Should Be Completed By Now!
ChangeListener Added Back!
UPDATE:
I have been working on solving this question, I believe this approach can achieve what you want.
The idea is as follows:
Create UNDECORATED Stage and Make it Resizable.
Create a Title Bar and add it to the Stage.
Now the Mouse Events can be detected on the Border of the Stage (because basically it happens on the Scene).
Create Double Property for both the Width and Height of Stage and add Change Listener to listen to the Changes.
The changes in the Stage Width & Height will only be recorded at the beginning of the drag and when user RELEASES the Mouse.
Explanations in Comments.
The whole solution can be found here as an archive file (Why? Because I tried to post it here fully but the Body Limit is 30000 Character!) .
OneEventStage Class:
import javafx.application.Platform;
import javafx.beans.property.DoubleProperty;
import javafx.beans.property.SimpleDoubleProperty;
import javafx.beans.value.ChangeListener;
import javafx.concurrent.Task;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.layout.BorderPane;
import javafx.stage.Screen;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
import javafx.stage.StageStyle;
/**
* This class customize a given Stage to record the changes
* of its size only when user starts and finishes resizing (recording one event)
* #author Yahya Almardeny
* #version 28/05/2017
*/
public class OneEventStage{
private double originalWidth; // the initial width of Scene when the program starts
private double originalHeight; // the initial height of Scene when the program starts
private TitleBar titleBar; // can be customized by the setter method (by default I made it for Windows 10 style)
private boolean started, alreadyFullScreen;
private DoubleProperty widthChange, heightChange; // record the changes in size
public Scene s;
public BorderPane scene; // this will be considered as a Scene when used in the program
public OneEventStage(Stage stage, double width, double height){
originalWidth = width; originalHeight = height;
widthChange = new SimpleDoubleProperty(originalWidth);
heightChange = new SimpleDoubleProperty(originalHeight);
started = false;
titleBar = new TitleBar("");
scene = new BorderPane();
scene.setTop(titleBar.getTitleBar());
s = new Scene(scene, originalWidth,originalHeight);
stage.initStyle(StageStyle.UNDECORATED);
stage.setScene(s);
ResizeHelper.addResizeListener(stage);
Task<Void> task = new Task<Void>(){
#Override
protected Void call() throws Exception {
Platform.runLater(new Runnable(){
#Override
public void run() {
// change listener, to be added to and removed from the scene
ChangeListener<Number> changeListener= (observable, oldValue, newValue) ->{
if(isFullScreen()){
widthChange.setValue(stage.getWidth());
heightChange.setValue(stage.getHeight());
alreadyFullScreen=true;
}
else if (alreadyFullScreen){ // coming from full screen mode
widthChange.setValue(Screen.getPrimary().getVisualBounds().getWidth());
heightChange.setValue(Screen.getPrimary().getVisualBounds().getHeight());
widthChange.setValue(originalWidth);
heightChange.setValue(originalHeight);
alreadyFullScreen = false;
}
else if(!alreadyFullScreen && !started){
started = true; // to inform the detecting Mouse Release Event is required
}
};
s.setOnMouseReleased(e->{
if(started){ // if this happens particularly after changing the size/dragging
originalWidth = stage.getWidth(); // record the new scene size
originalHeight = stage.getHeight();
widthChange.setValue(originalWidth); // add it
heightChange.setValue(originalHeight);
started = false;
}
});
// add the change listener when the program starts up
s.widthProperty().addListener(changeListener);
s.heightProperty().addListener(changeListener);
}
});
return null;
}};
new Thread(task).start();
}
/*
* to detected if user clicked on maximize button or double click on the title bar
*/
private boolean isFullScreen(){
return this.s.getWindow().getWidth()==Screen.getPrimary().getVisualBounds().getWidth() &&
this.s.getWindow().getHeight()==Screen.getPrimary().getVisualBounds().getHeight();
}
public DoubleProperty getWidthChange() {
return widthChange;
}
public DoubleProperty getHeightChange() {
return heightChange;
}
public TitleBar getTitleBar() {
return titleBar;
}
public void setTitleBar(TitleBar titleBar) {
this.titleBar = titleBar;
}
public void setTitle(String title){
titleBar.getTitle().setText(title);
}
}
OneEventStageTest Class:
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.application.Platform;
import javafx.beans.property.DoubleProperty;
import javafx.geometry.Insets;
import javafx.geometry.Pos;
import javafx.scene.control.Label;
import javafx.scene.control.TextField;
import javafx.scene.layout.HBox;
import javafx.scene.layout.StackPane;
import javafx.scene.layout.VBox;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
/**
* Implementing an Example of OneEventStage to test it
* #author Yahya Almardeny
* #version 28/05/2017
*/
public class OneEventStageTest extends Application{
#Override
public void start(Stage primaryStage) throws Exception {
// create stage
OneEventStage stage = new OneEventStage(primaryStage, 400,400);
stage.setTitle("One Event Stage");
// simple containers and its components for testing purpose
VBox container = new VBox();
container.setAlignment(Pos.CENTER);
HBox widthInfoContainer = new HBox();
widthInfoContainer.setAlignment(Pos.CENTER);
Label widthChangeL = new Label("Width Changes");
TextField widthChangeV = new TextField();
widthChangeV.setEditable(false);
widthInfoContainer.getChildren().addAll(widthChangeL, widthChangeV);
HBox.setMargin(widthChangeL, new Insets(10));
HBox.setMargin(widthChangeV, new Insets(10));
HBox heightInfoContainer = new HBox();
heightInfoContainer.setAlignment(Pos.CENTER);
Label heightChangeL = new Label("Height Changes");
TextField heightChangeV = new TextField();
heightChangeV.setEditable(false);
heightInfoContainer.getChildren().addAll(heightChangeL, heightChangeV);
HBox.setMargin(heightChangeL, new Insets(10));
HBox.setMargin(heightChangeV, new Insets(10));
container.getChildren().addAll(widthInfoContainer, heightInfoContainer);
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
DoubleProperty widthChange = stage.getWidthChange();
DoubleProperty heightChange = stage.getHeightChange();
// listen to the changes (Testing)
widthChange.addListener((obs, old, newV)->{
Platform.runLater(new Runnable(){
#Override
public void run() {
widthChangeV.setText("From(" + old.doubleValue() + ") To(" + newV.doubleValue() + ")");
}
});
});
heightChange.addListener((obs, old, newV)->{
Platform.runLater(new Runnable(){
#Override
public void run() {
heightChangeV.setText("From(" + old.doubleValue() + ") To(" + newV.doubleValue() + ")");
}
});
});
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// represent a root but in fact it's inside the real root (BorderPane in the OneEventStage Class!).
StackPane root = new StackPane();
root.setAlignment(Pos.CENTER);
root.getChildren().add(container);
stage.scene.setCenter(root);
primaryStage.show();
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
launch();
}
}
TitleBar Class:
import javafx.geometry.Insets;
import javafx.geometry.Pos;
import javafx.scene.Cursor;
import javafx.scene.control.Label;
import javafx.scene.image.Image;
import javafx.scene.image.ImageView;
import javafx.scene.layout.Background;
import javafx.scene.layout.BackgroundFill;
import javafx.scene.layout.HBox;
import javafx.scene.layout.Pane;
import javafx.scene.layout.Priority;
import javafx.scene.layout.StackPane;
import javafx.scene.paint.Color;
import javafx.scene.shape.Rectangle;
import javafx.scene.text.Font;
import javafx.stage.Screen;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
/**
* This class to create a default/customized Title Bar
* to be added to Undecorated Stage in JavaFX Application
* #author Yahya Almardeny
* #version 27/05/2017
*/
public class TitleBar {
private HBox titleBar;
private ImageView icon;
private StackPane close, minimize, maximize; // represent customized components for the title bar (by using the second constructor)
private Image maximizeBefore, maximizeAfter; // for changing maximize icon when it's full screen
private Label title;
private double height, stageWidth, stageHeight, x,y, offsetX, offsetY;
private double screenWidth = Screen.getPrimary().getVisualBounds().getWidth(),
screenHeight = Screen.getPrimary().getVisualBounds().getHeight();
private Color backgroundColor;
private StackPane maximizeButton; // for default title bar
private Label minimizeButton, closeButton; // for default title bar
private Stage stage;
private boolean intialized = false, fromMax = false;
public static enum Components {ICON,TITLE,MINIMIZE,MAXIMIZE,CLOSE;}
/**
* the default constructor, appearance of Windows 10
* #param title
*/
public TitleBar(String title){
titleBar = new HBox();
icon = new ImageView(new Image(TitleBar.class.getResourceAsStream("/icon/icon.png")));
icon.setFitWidth(15); this.icon.setFitHeight(13);
closeButton = new Label("×");
closeButton.setFont(Font.font("Times New Roman", 25));
closeButton.setPrefWidth(46);
closeButton.setAlignment(Pos.CENTER);
minimizeButton = new Label("—");
minimizeButton.setFont(Font.font(10));
minimizeButton.setPrefWidth(46);
minimizeButton.setPrefHeight(29);
minimizeButton.setAlignment(Pos.CENTER);
maximizeButton = maximiazeButton();
this.title = new Label(title);
final Pane space = new Pane();
HBox.setHgrow(space,Priority.ALWAYS);
titleBar.getChildren().addAll(this.icon, this.title,space,this.minimizeButton, this.maximizeButton, this.closeButton);
titleBar.setAlignment(Pos.CENTER_RIGHT);
HBox.setMargin(this.icon, new Insets(0,5,0,10)); // top,right, bottom, left
initalize(); // private method to get the Stage for first time
setDefaultControlsFunctionality(); // private method to add the default controls functionality
}
/**
* This is constructor to create a custom title bar
* #param icon
* #param minimize
* #param maximize
* #param close
* #param title
*/
public TitleBar(Image icon, Image minimize, Image maximizeBefore, Image maximizeAfter, Image close, String title){
titleBar = new HBox();
this.icon = new ImageView(icon);
this.icon.setFitWidth(15); this.icon.setFitHeight(14); // values can be changed via setters
this.close = new StackPane();
this.close.setPrefSize(25, 20);
this.close.getChildren().add(new ImageView(close));
((ImageView) this.close.getChildren().get(0)).setFitWidth(20);
((ImageView) this.close.getChildren().get(0)).setFitHeight(20);
this.minimize = new StackPane();
this.minimize.setPrefSize(25, 20);
this.minimize.getChildren().add(new ImageView(minimize));
((ImageView) this.minimize.getChildren().get(0)).setFitWidth(20);
((ImageView) this.minimize.getChildren().get(0)).setFitHeight(20);
this.maximizeBefore = maximizeBefore;
this.maximize = new StackPane();
this.maximize.setPrefSize(25, 20);
this.maximize.getChildren().add(new ImageView(maximizeBefore));
((ImageView) this.maximize.getChildren().get(0)).setFitWidth(20);
((ImageView) this.maximize.getChildren().get(0)).setFitHeight(20);
this.maximizeAfter = maximizeAfter;
this.title = new Label(title);
final Pane space = new Pane();
HBox.setHgrow(space,Priority.ALWAYS);
titleBar.getChildren().addAll(this.icon, this.title,space,this.minimize, this.maximize, this.close);
titleBar.setAlignment(Pos.CENTER_RIGHT);
HBox.setMargin(this.icon, new Insets(0,5,0,10)); // top,right, bottom, left
HBox.setMargin(this.close, new Insets(0,5,0,0));
initalize();
setCustomizedControlsFunctionality();
}
/**
* create the default maximize button
* #return container
*/
private StackPane maximiazeButton(){
StackPane container = new StackPane();
Rectangle rect = new Rectangle(8,8);
rect.setFill(Color.TRANSPARENT);
rect.setStroke(Color.BLACK);
container.setPrefWidth(46);
container.getChildren().add(rect);
return container;
}
/**
* To get the Stage of the application for one time only
* as well as adding listener to iconifiedProperty()
*/
private void initalize(){
titleBar.setOnMouseEntered(e->{ // the entire block will be executed only once
if(!intialized){
// get the stage and assign it to the Stage field
stage = ((Stage)titleBar.getScene().getWindow());
// add listener toiconifiedProperty()
stage.iconifiedProperty().addListener(ee->{
if(!stage.isIconified()){
stage.setMaximized(true);
if(fromMax){ // if already maximized
stage.setWidth(screenWidth);
stage.setHeight(screenHeight);
stage.setX(0);
stage.setY(0);
}
else{
stage.setWidth(stageWidth);
stage.setHeight(stageHeight);
stage.setX(x);
stage.setY(y);
}
try { // to remove the flash
Thread.sleep(10);
} catch (InterruptedException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
stage.setOpacity(1.0);
}
});
intialized=true;
}
});
}
/**
* To add functionality to title bar controls
* via event listeners
*/
private void setDefaultControlsFunctionality(){
// Double-Click on Title Bar
titleBar.setOnMouseClicked(e->{
if(e.getClickCount()==2){
maximizefunctonality();
}
});
//Maximize Control
maximizeButton.setOnMouseEntered(e->{// highlight when hover
maximizeButton.setBackground(
new Background(new BackgroundFill(Color.LIGHTGRAY,null,null)));
((Rectangle)maximizeButton.getChildren().get(0)).setFill(Color.LIGHTGRAY);
if(maximizeButton.getChildren().size()==2){
((Rectangle)maximizeButton.getChildren().get(1)).setFill(Color.LIGHTGRAY);
}
});
maximizeButton.setOnMouseExited(e->{ // remove highlight
maximizeButton.setBackground(
new Background(new BackgroundFill(Color.TRANSPARENT,null,null)));
((Rectangle)maximizeButton.getChildren().get(0)).setFill(Color.TRANSPARENT);
if(maximizeButton.getChildren().size()==2){
((Rectangle)maximizeButton.getChildren().get(1)).setFill(Color.WHITE);
}
});
maximizeButton.setOnMouseClicked(e->{
maximizefunctonality();
});
//Close Control
closeButton.setOnMouseEntered(e->{
closeButton.setBackground(
new Background(new BackgroundFill(Color.CRIMSON,null,null)));
closeButton.setTextFill(Color.WHITE);
});
closeButton.setOnMouseExited(e->{
closeButton.setBackground(
new Background(new BackgroundFill(Color.TRANSPARENT,null,null)));
closeButton.setTextFill(Color.BLACK);
});
closeButton.setOnMouseClicked(e->{
stage.close();
});
//Minimize Control
minimizeButton.setOnMouseEntered(e->{
minimizeButton.setBackground(
new Background(new BackgroundFill(Color.LIGHTGRAY,null,null)));
});
minimizeButton.setOnMouseExited(e->{
minimizeButton.setBackground(
new Background(new BackgroundFill(Color.TRANSPARENT,null,null)));
});
minimizeButton.setOnMouseClicked(e->{
if(!stage.isIconified()){ // if it's not minimized
if(fromMax){ // check if it's already full screen(maximized)
stage.setOpacity(0.0);
stage.setIconified(true); // minimize it
}
else{ // if it's not -> record the size and position
stageWidth = stage.getWidth();
stageHeight = stage.getHeight();
x = stage.getX();
y = stage.getY();
stage.setOpacity(0.0);
stage.setIconified(true); // minimize it
}
}
});
// to make title bar movable
titleBar.setOnMousePressed(e->{
if(stage.getWidth()<screenWidth || stage.getHeight()<screenHeight){
offsetX = e.getScreenX() - stage.getX();
offsetY = e.getScreenY() - stage.getY();
}
});
titleBar.setOnMouseDragged(e->{
if(stage.getWidth()<screenWidth || stage.getHeight()<screenHeight){
stage.setX(e.getScreenX() - offsetX);
stage.setY(e.getScreenY() - offsetY);
}
});
}
private void maximizefunctonality(){
Rectangle rect = (Rectangle) maximizeButton.getChildren().get(0);
if(stage.getWidth()<screenWidth||stage.getHeight()<screenHeight){
// get the previous size + position
stageWidth = stage.getWidth();
stageHeight = stage.getHeight();
x = stage.getX();
y = stage.getY();
// maximize it
stage.setWidth(screenWidth);
stage.setHeight(screenHeight);
stage.centerOnScreen();
// change the maximize button appearance
rect.setTranslateX(2);
rect.setTranslateY(-2);
Rectangle rect1 = new Rectangle(8,8);
rect1.setFill(Color.WHITE);
rect1.setStroke(Color.BLACK);
maximizeButton.getChildren().add(rect1);
fromMax = true;
}
else{ // if already maximized -> return to previous size + position
stage.setWidth(stageWidth);
stage.setHeight(stageHeight);
stage.setX(x);
stage.setY(y);
fromMax = false;
// change the maximize button appearance
rect.setTranslateX(0);
rect.setTranslateY(0);
maximizeButton.getChildren().remove(1);
}
}
private void setCustomizedControlsFunctionality(){
//Maximize Control
maximize.setOnMouseClicked(e->{
if(stage.getWidth()<screenWidth||stage.getHeight()<screenHeight){
// get the previous size + position
stageWidth = stage.getWidth();
stageHeight = stage.getHeight();
x = stage.getX();
y = stage.getY();
// maximize it
stage.setWidth(screenWidth);
stage.setHeight(screenHeight);
stage.centerOnScreen();
// change the maximize button appearance
((ImageView) maximize.getChildren().get(0)).setImage(maximizeAfter);
fromMax = true;
}
else{ // if already maximized -> return to previous size + position
stage.setWidth(stageWidth);
stage.setHeight(stageHeight);
stage.setX(x);
stage.setY(y);
fromMax = false;
// change the maximize button appearance
((ImageView) maximize.getChildren().get(0)).setImage(maximizeBefore);
}
});
close.setOnMouseClicked(e->{
stage.close();
});
//Minimize Control
minimize.setOnMouseClicked(e->{
if(!stage.isIconified()){ // if it's not minimized
if(fromMax){ // check if it's already full screen(maximized)
stage.setOpacity(0.0);
stage.setIconified(true); // minimize it
}
else{ // if it's not -> record the size and position
stageWidth = stage.getWidth();
stageHeight = stage.getHeight();
x = stage.getX();
y = stage.getY();
stage.setOpacity(0.0);
stage.setIconified(true); // minimize it
}
}
});
// to make title bar movable
titleBar.setOnMousePressed(e->{
if(stage.getWidth()<screenWidth || stage.getHeight()<screenHeight){
offsetX = e.getScreenX() - stage.getX();
offsetY = e.getScreenY() - stage.getY();
}
});
titleBar.setOnMouseDragged(e->{
if(stage.getWidth()<screenWidth || stage.getHeight()<screenHeight){
stage.setX(e.getScreenX() - offsetX);
stage.setY(e.getScreenY() - offsetY);
}
});
}
/**
* To change margins/insets to the Title Bar components
* #param component
* #param top
* #param right
* #param bottom
* #param left
*/
public void setInsets(Components component, double top, double right, double bottom, double left){
switch(component){
case TITLE:
HBox.setMargin(title, new Insets(top, right, bottom ,left));
break;
case ICON:
HBox.setMargin(icon, new Insets(top, right, bottom ,left));
break;
case CLOSE:
HBox.setMargin(close, new Insets(top, right, bottom ,left));
break;
case MAXIMIZE:
HBox.setMargin(maximize, new Insets(top, right, bottom ,left));
break;
case MINIMIZE:
HBox.setMargin(minimize, new Insets(top, right, bottom ,left));
break;
}
}
public void setControlsSpace(Components component, double width, double height){
switch(component){
case CLOSE:
close.setPrefSize(width, height);
break;
case MAXIMIZE:
maximize.setPrefSize(width, height);
break;
case MINIMIZE:
minimize.setPrefSize(width, height);
break;
case TITLE:
//do nothing
break;
case ICON:
// do nothing
break;
}
}
public void addHoverEffect(Components component, Color defaultColor, Color onHover, Cursor cursor){
}
//reset of the class
{...}
}
ResizeHelper Class:
{....}
Test

JavaFX Pass MouseEvents through Transparent Node to Children

In the java doc it says for setMouseTransparent that is affects all children as well as the parent.
How can it be made so only the parent's transparent areas (can see other nodes below it but not responding to mouse events) are transparent to mouse events so that the nodes below it may receive them.
This happens when stacking two XYCharts in the same pane. Only the last one added can receive events.

Set pickOnBounds for the relevant nodes to false, then clicking on transparent areas in a node won't register a click with that node.
Defines how the picking computation is done for this node when triggered by a MouseEvent or a contains function call. If pickOnBounds is true, then picking is computed by intersecting with the bounds of this node, else picking is computed by intersecting with the geometric shape of this node.
Sample Output
This sample is actually far more complicated than is necessary to demonstrate the pickOnBounds function - but I just did something this complicated so that it shows what happens "when stacking two XYCharts in the same pane" as mentioned in the poster's question.
In the sample below two line charts are stacked on top of each other and the mouse is moved over the data line in one chart which has a glow function attached to it's mouseenter event. The mouse is then moved off of the first line chart data and the glow is removed from it. The mouse is then placed over the second line chart data of an underlying stacked chart and the glow is added to that linechart in the underlying stacked chart.
This sample was developed using Java8 and the coloring and behaviour described is what I exeperienced running the program on Mac OS X and Java 8b91.
Sample Code
The code below is just for demonstrating that pickOnBounds does work for allowing you to pass mouse events through transparent regions stacked on top of opaque node shapes. It is not a recommended code practice to follow for styling lines in charts (you are better off using style sheets than lookups for that), it is also not necessary that you use a line chart stack to get multiple series on a single chart - it was only necessary or simpler to do these things to demonstrate the pick on bounds concept application for this answer.
Note the recursive call to set the pickOnBounds property for the charts after the charts have been shown on a stage and all of their requisite nodes created.
Sample code is an adaption of JavaFX 2 XYChart.Series and setOnMouseEntered:
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.collections.*;
import javafx.event.EventHandler;
import javafx.scene.*;
import javafx.scene.chart.*;
import javafx.scene.effect.Glow;
import javafx.scene.input.MouseEvent;
import javafx.scene.layout.StackPane;
import javafx.scene.shape.Path;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
public class LineChartSample extends Application {
#SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
#Override public void start(Stage stage) {
// initialize data
ObservableList<XYChart.Data> data = FXCollections.observableArrayList(
new XYChart.Data(1, 23),new XYChart.Data(2, 14),new XYChart.Data(3, 15),new XYChart.Data(4, 24),new XYChart.Data(5, 34),new XYChart.Data(6, 36),new XYChart.Data(7, 22),new XYChart.Data(8, 45),new XYChart.Data(9, 43),new XYChart.Data(10, 17),new XYChart.Data(11, 29),new XYChart.Data(12, 25)
);
ObservableList<XYChart.Data> reversedData = FXCollections.observableArrayList(
new XYChart.Data(1, 25), new XYChart.Data(2, 29), new XYChart.Data(3, 17), new XYChart.Data(4, 43), new XYChart.Data(5, 45), new XYChart.Data(6, 22), new XYChart.Data(7, 36), new XYChart.Data(8, 34), new XYChart.Data(9, 24), new XYChart.Data(10, 15), new XYChart.Data(11, 14), new XYChart.Data(12, 23)
);
// create charts
final LineChart<Number, Number> lineChart = createChart(data);
final LineChart<Number, Number> reverseLineChart = createChart(reversedData);
StackPane layout = new StackPane();
layout.getChildren().setAll(
lineChart,
reverseLineChart
);
// show the scene.
Scene scene = new Scene(layout, 800, 600);
stage.setScene(scene);
stage.show();
// make one line chart line green so it is easy to see which is which.
reverseLineChart.lookup(".default-color0.chart-series-line").setStyle("-fx-stroke: forestgreen;");
// turn off pick on bounds for the charts so that clicks only register when you click on shapes.
turnOffPickOnBoundsFor(lineChart);
turnOffPickOnBoundsFor(reverseLineChart);
// add a glow when you mouse over the lines in the line chart so that you can see that they are chosen.
addGlowOnMouseOverData(lineChart);
addGlowOnMouseOverData(reverseLineChart);
}
#SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
private void turnOffPickOnBoundsFor(Node n) {
n.setPickOnBounds(false);
if (n instanceof Parent) {
for (Node c: ((Parent) n).getChildrenUnmodifiable()) {
turnOffPickOnBoundsFor(c);
}
}
}
private void addGlowOnMouseOverData(LineChart<Number, Number> lineChart) {
// make the first series in the chart glow when you mouse over it.
Node n = lineChart.lookup(".chart-series-line.series0");
if (n != null && n instanceof Path) {
final Path path = (Path) n;
final Glow glow = new Glow(.8);
path.setEffect(null);
path.setOnMouseEntered(new EventHandler<MouseEvent>() {
#Override public void handle(MouseEvent e) {
path.setEffect(glow);
}
});
path.setOnMouseExited(new EventHandler<MouseEvent>() {
#Override public void handle(MouseEvent e) {
path.setEffect(null);
}
});
}
}
private LineChart<Number, Number> createChart(ObservableList<XYChart.Data> data) {
final NumberAxis xAxis = new NumberAxis();
final NumberAxis yAxis = new NumberAxis();
xAxis.setLabel("Number of Month");
final LineChart<Number, Number> lineChart = new LineChart<>(xAxis, yAxis);
lineChart.setTitle("Stock Monitoring, 2010");
XYChart.Series series = new XYChart.Series(data);
series.setName("My portfolio");
series.getData().addAll();
lineChart.getData().add(series);
lineChart.setCreateSymbols(false);
lineChart.setLegendVisible(false);
return lineChart;
}
public static void main(String[] args) { launch(args); }
}

Instead of doing this:
// turn off pick on bounds for the charts so that clicks only register when you click on shapes.
turnOffPickOnBoundsFor(lineChart);
turnOffPickOnBoundsFor(reverseLineChart);
do this:
// turn off pick on bounds for the charts so that clicks only register when you click on shapes.
turnOffPickOnBoundsFor(reverseLineChart, false);
with the folling methods.
private boolean turnOffPickOnBoundsFor(Node n, boolean plotContent) {
boolean result = false;
boolean plotContentFound = false;
n.setPickOnBounds(false);
if(!plotContent){
if(containsStyle(n)){
plotContentFound = true;
result=true;
}
if (n instanceof Parent) {
for (Node c : ((Parent) n).getChildrenUnmodifiable()) {
if(turnOffPickOnBoundsFor(c,plotContentFound)){
result = true;
}
}
}
n.setMouseTransparent(!result);
}
return result;
}
private boolean containsStyle(Node node){
boolean result = false;
for (String object : node.getStyleClass()) {
if(object.equals("plot-content")){
result = true;
break;
}
}
return result;
}
Also you will need to make the chart in front(reverseLineChart) transparent.

The code posted in jewelsea answer does not work. To make it work I implemented the changes proposed is user1638436 answer and Julia Grabovska comment. Here is a working version for the sake of future readers:
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.collections.FXCollections;
import javafx.collections.ObservableList;
import javafx.event.EventHandler;
import javafx.scene.Node;
import javafx.scene.Parent;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.chart.LineChart;
import javafx.scene.chart.NumberAxis;
import javafx.scene.chart.XYChart;
import javafx.scene.effect.Glow;
import javafx.scene.input.MouseEvent;
import javafx.scene.layout.StackPane;
import javafx.scene.shape.Path;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
public class LineChartSample extends Application {
#SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
#Override public void start(Stage stage) {
// initialize data
ObservableList<XYChart.Data> data = FXCollections.observableArrayList(
new XYChart.Data(1, 23),new XYChart.Data(2, 14),new XYChart.Data(3, 15),new XYChart.Data(4, 24),new XYChart.Data(5, 34),new XYChart.Data(6, 36),new XYChart.Data(7, 22),new XYChart.Data(8, 45),new XYChart.Data(9, 43),new XYChart.Data(10, 17),new XYChart.Data(11, 29),new XYChart.Data(12, 25)
);
ObservableList<XYChart.Data> reversedData = FXCollections.observableArrayList(
new XYChart.Data(1, 25), new XYChart.Data(2, 29), new XYChart.Data(3, 17), new XYChart.Data(4, 43), new XYChart.Data(5, 45), new XYChart.Data(6, 22), new XYChart.Data(7, 36), new XYChart.Data(8, 34), new XYChart.Data(9, 24), new XYChart.Data(10, 15), new XYChart.Data(11, 14), new XYChart.Data(12, 23)
);
// create charts
final LineChart<Number, Number> bottomLineChart = createChart(data);
final LineChart<Number, Number> topLineChart = createChart(reversedData);
//add css to make top chart line transparent as pointed out by Julia Grabovska
//and user1638436, as well as make line green
topLineChart.getStylesheets().add(getClass().getResource("LineChartSample.css").toExternalForm());
StackPane layout = new StackPane(bottomLineChart, topLineChart);
// show the scene.
Scene scene = new Scene(layout, 800, 600);
stage.setScene(scene);
stage.show();
// turn off pick on bounds for the charts so that clicks only register when you click on shapes.
turnOffPickOnBoundsFor(topLineChart, false); //taken from user1638436 answer
// add a glow when you mouse over the lines in the line chart so that you can see that they are chosen.
addGlowOnMouseOverData(bottomLineChart);
addGlowOnMouseOverData(topLineChart);
}
//taken from user1638436 answer (https://stackoverflow.com/a/18104172/3992939)
private boolean turnOffPickOnBoundsFor(Node n, boolean plotContent) {
boolean result = false;
boolean plotContentFound = false;
n.setPickOnBounds(false);
if(!plotContent){
if(containsPlotContent(n)){
plotContentFound = true;
result=true;
}
if (n instanceof Parent) {
for (Node c : ((Parent) n).getChildrenUnmodifiable()) {
if(turnOffPickOnBoundsFor(c,plotContentFound)){
result = true;
}
}
}
n.setMouseTransparent(!result);
}
return result;
}
private boolean containsPlotContent(Node node){
boolean result = false;
for (String object : node.getStyleClass()) {
if(object.equals("plot-content")){
result = true;
break;
}
}
return result;
}
private void addGlowOnMouseOverData(LineChart<Number, Number> lineChart) {
// make the first series in the chart glow when you mouse over it.
Node n = lineChart.lookup(".chart-series-line.series0");
if ((n != null) && (n instanceof Path)) {
final Path path = (Path) n;
final Glow glow = new Glow(.8);
path.setEffect(null);
path.setOnMouseEntered(new EventHandler<MouseEvent>() {
#Override public void handle(MouseEvent e) {
path.setEffect(glow);
}
});
path.setOnMouseExited(new EventHandler<MouseEvent>() {
#Override public void handle(MouseEvent e) {
path.setEffect(null);
}
});
}
}
private LineChart<Number, Number> createChart(ObservableList<XYChart.Data> data) {
final NumberAxis xAxis = new NumberAxis();
final NumberAxis yAxis = new NumberAxis();
xAxis.setLabel("Number of Month");
final LineChart<Number, Number> lineChart = new LineChart<>(xAxis, yAxis);
lineChart.setTitle("Stock Monitoring, 2010");
XYChart.Series series = new XYChart.Series(data);
series.setName("My portfolio");
series.getData().addAll();
lineChart.getData().add(series);
lineChart.setCreateSymbols(false);
lineChart.setLegendVisible(false);
return lineChart;
}
public static void main(String[] args) { launch(args); }
}
LineChartSample.css:
.chart-plot-background {
-fx-background-color:transparent;
}
.default-color0.chart-series-line{
-fx-stroke: forestgreen;
}
A simpler version of turnOffPickOnBoundsFor method:
private boolean turnOffPickOnBoundsFor(Node n) {
n.setPickOnBounds(false);
boolean isContainPlotContent = containsPlotContent(n);
if (! isContainPlotContent && (n instanceof Parent) ) {
for (Node c : ((Parent) n).getChildrenUnmodifiable()) {
if(turnOffPickOnBoundsFor(c)){
isContainPlotContent = true;
}
}
}
n.setMouseTransparent(!isContainPlotContent);
return isContainPlotContent;
}

Based on jewelsea answer setting top pane background color of the pane to null and topPane.setPickOnBounds(false); works fine:
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.event.EventHandler;
import javafx.scene.Cursor;
import javafx.scene.Node;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.Label;
import javafx.scene.input.MouseEvent;
import javafx.scene.layout.Pane;
import javafx.scene.layout.StackPane;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
public class PropagateEvents extends Application {
private double x, y;
#Override public void start(Stage primaryStage) throws Exception {
StackPane root = new StackPane(getBottomPane(), getTopPane());
Scene scene = new Scene(root);
primaryStage.setScene(scene);
primaryStage.show();
}
private Pane getBottomPane() {
Pane pane = new Pane();
pane.setStyle("-fx-background-color : yellow;");
pane.setPrefSize(250,200);
pane.setOnMouseClicked(e-> System.out.println("Bottom pane recieved click event"));
return pane;
}
private Pane getTopPane() {
Label label = new Label();
label.setPrefSize(20,10);
label.setStyle("-fx-background-color:red;");
label.layoutXProperty().setValue(30); label.layoutYProperty().setValue(30);
addDragSupport(label);
Pane pane = new Pane(label);
// NULL color setPickOnBounds do the trick
pane.setPickOnBounds(false);
pane.setStyle("-fx-background-color: null; ");
return pane;
}
//drag support for red label
private void addDragSupport(Node node) {
node.setOnMousePressed(new EventHandler<MouseEvent>() {
#Override public void handle(MouseEvent mouseEvent) {
x = node.getLayoutX() - mouseEvent.getSceneX();
y = node.getLayoutY() - mouseEvent.getSceneY();
node.setCursor(Cursor.MOVE);
}
});
node.setOnMouseReleased(new EventHandler<MouseEvent>() {
#Override public void handle(MouseEvent mouseEvent) {
node.setCursor(Cursor.HAND);
}
});
node.setOnMouseDragged(new EventHandler<MouseEvent>() {
#Override public void handle(MouseEvent mouseEvent) {
node.setLayoutX(mouseEvent.getSceneX() + x);
node.setLayoutY(mouseEvent.getSceneY() + y);
}
});
node.setOnMouseEntered(new EventHandler<MouseEvent>() {
#Override public void handle(MouseEvent mouseEvent) {
node.setCursor(Cursor.HAND);
}
});
}
public static void main (String[] args) {launch(null); }
}

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();
}
}