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buttons not responding javaFx

The buttons dont give a console output. Two buttons are in a Vbox at the bottom of a BorderPane and should print "new" or "continue" when pressed.
I followed a tutorial and tried to extend it to one more button.
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.event.ActionEvent;
import javafx.event.EventHandler;
import javafx.geometry.Insets;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.Button;
import javafx.scene.layout.BorderPane;
import javafx.scene.layout.VBox;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
public class Main extends Application implements EventHandler<ActionEvent> {
Button btn1, btn2;
public static void main(String[] args) {
launch(args);
}
public void start(Stage primaryStage) throws Exception {
primaryStage.setTitle("title");
Button btn1 = new Button("new");
Button btn2 = new Button ("continue");
btn1.setOnAction(this);
btn2.setOnAction(this);
VBox vb = new VBox (btn1, btn2);
vb.setSpacing(10);
vb.setPadding(new Insets(20));
BorderPane root = new BorderPane();
root.setBottom(vb);
Scene scene = new Scene (root, 300, 250);
primaryStage.setScene(scene);
primaryStage.show();
}
#Override
public void handle(ActionEvent event) {
if (event.getSource()==btn1) {
System.out.println("new!");
} else if (event.getSource()==btn2) {
System.out.println("continue!");
}
}
}
nothing happens, but there should be a output of "new or continue"

Remove class from buttons.
This way the code will use buttons from fields, instead of creating new ones.
public void start(Stage primaryStage) throws Exception {
primaryStage.setTitle("title");
btn1 = new Button("new");
btn2 = new Button ("continue");
// the rest of the code will be the same
}

How do i make my counter appear in my application through javaFX

I'm new to javaFX and I wanted to make a simple code that counted how many times a person pressed a button and displayed the count on the application itself. Currently I have my code printing the counter in my IDE and would just like to some how attach it to the scene(eg I click run and every time I click the button it prints how many times I've clicked it in my workbench). I looked around stack overflow and youtube but the closest I got to what I was looking for was printing it in my IDE. Thanks for any help.
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.Button;
import javafx.scene.layout.HBox;
import javafx.scene.layout.Pane;
import javafx.scene.paint.Color;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
public class JavaFXTest extends Application {
private int counter = 0;
public static void main (String [] args){
Application.launch();
}
#Override
public void start(Stage primaryStage) throws Exception {
Stage stage = new Stage();
stage = primaryStage;
Pane pane = new Pane();
pane.setPrefSize(400,400);
Button button = new Button("Smash it!");
HBox root = new HBox(5, pane);
button.setOnAction(e -> {
counter();
});
root.getChildren().add(button);
Scene scene1 = new Scene(root,1000, 800, Color.AQUA);
stage.setScene(scene1);
stage.setTitle("ButtonSmash!");
stage.show();
}
public void counter(){
counter++;
System.out.println(counter);
}
}

Here is the full code:
package StackOverFlow;
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.Button;
import javafx.scene.control.Label;
import javafx.scene.layout.HBox;
import javafx.scene.layout.Pane;
import javafx.scene.paint.Color;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
public class JavaFXTest extends Application {
private int counter = 0;
private Label label = new Label("Count: ");
public static void main (String [] args){
Application.launch();
}
#Override
public void start(Stage primaryStage) throws Exception {
Stage stage = new Stage();
stage = primaryStage;
Pane pane = new Pane();
pane.setPrefSize(400,400);
Button button = new Button("Smash it!");
HBox root = new HBox(5, pane);
button.setOnAction(e -> {
label.setText("Count: "+Integer.toString(counter));
counter();
});
root.getChildren().add(button);
label.relocate(0, 0); // You can put this label, wherever you want!
root.getChildren().add(label);
Scene scene1 = new Scene(root,1000, 800, Color.AQUA);
stage.setScene(scene1);
stage.setTitle("ButtonSmash!");
stage.show();
}
public void counter(){
counter++;
//System.out.println(counter);
}
}
You had to make one label and to add it to your pane.getChildren();
And whenever you press the button you need to change text from that label.

Put a Scrollbar into to Pane JavaFX

I'm just working on a little project and started to get in JavaFX.
I have a problem and I don't know any solutions..
So I managed it to bring a Scrollbar(incl Listener) into the root.
But the listener doesn't work.
I want to add many comboboxes one below the other and when I reached the scenesize(LayoutX) it should be possible to scrolldown.
How can I solve my problem?
package application;
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.beans.value.ObservableValue;
import javafx.event.ActionEvent;
import javafx.event.EventHandler;
import javafx.geometry.Orientation;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.*;
import javafx.scene.input.ScrollEvent;
import javafx.scene.layout.Pane;
import javafx.scene.text.*;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
import application.XMLActions;;
public class Main extends Application {
/**
* Globale Variablen
*/
int abstandszaehler = 0;
private Pane root = new Pane();
private ScrollBar sB = new ScrollBar();
private XMLActions xA = new XMLActions();
public static void main(String[] args) {
launch(args);
}
#Override
public void start(Stage primaryStage) {
primaryStage.setTitle("XML-Zeilenersteller");
primaryStage.setResizable(false);
/**
* Elemente für die Root
*/
//Buttons
Button newXMLLine = new Button();
newXMLLine.setText("Einfügen neuer XML-Zeile");
newXMLLine.setLayoutX(735);
newXMLLine.setLayoutY(80);
newXMLLine.setOnAction(new EventHandler<ActionEvent>() {
#Override
public void handle(ActionEvent event) {
setComboBox();
}
});
Button newXMLDocument = new Button();
newXMLDocument.setText("Erstelle XML-Dokument");
newXMLDocument.setLayoutX(735);
newXMLDocument.setLayoutY(550);
newXMLDocument.setOnAction(new EventHandler<ActionEvent>() {
#Override
public void handle(ActionEvent event) {
System.out.println("Test2");
}
});
//Überschrift
Text header = new Text(105, 50, "XML Lines Creator");
header.setFont(new Font(30)); header.setStyle("-fx-underline: true;");
//Scrollbar
sB.setLayoutX(715);
sB.setLayoutY(80);
sB.setMin(0);
sB.setOrientation(Orientation.VERTICAL);
sB.setPrefHeight(500);
sB.setMax(360);
sB.setUnitIncrement(30);
sB.setBlockIncrement(35);
sB.valueProperty().addListener((ObservableValue<? extends Number> ov,
Number old_val, Number new_val) -> {
System.out.println(-new_val.doubleValue());
});
/**
* Hauptseite als Root
* Rootbearbeitungen
*/
root.setStyle("-fx-background-color: lightsteelblue");
root.getChildren().addAll(sB,newXMLDocument,header,newXMLLine );
//Scene setzen
Scene mainScene = new Scene(root, 900, 600);
primaryStage.setScene(mainScene);
primaryStage.show();
}
public void setComboBox(){
ComboBox cB = new ComboBox(xA.getList());
root.getChildren().add(cB);
cB.setLayoutX(80);
cB.setLayoutY(80 + abstandszaehler);
abstandszaehler = abstandszaehler + 30;
}
}
EDIT 1:
I got a little progress with that code in the listener:
root.setLayoutY(-new_val.doubleValue());

Replace the Pane with a ScrollPane. On the ScrollPane you can define the policy for your scrollbar.
If you define it like this, it will behave like a Pane:
ScrollPane sp = new ScrollPane();
sp.setHbarPolicy(ScrollBarPolicy.NEVER);
sp.setVbarPolicy(ScrollBarPolicy.NEVER);
Take a look at this article by Oracle.

First, if you wish to layout controls vertically consider using VBox. This VBox should then be enclosed by a ScrollPane.
If you then set the VBox's prefHeight to Control.USE_COMPUTED_SIZE and maxHeight to Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY the VBox should resize to fit it's content without limit, and the enclosing ScrollPane should show and hide scrollbars as necessary.

Permanent text in a textfield in Java

I have a TextField in my program that will have data entered by the user, but I also have a variable value somewhere else that I need to permanently display at the end of my TextField. It cannot disappear when the user enters any data in the TextField. Can anyone give me a good implementation? Thanks.
[UserInput (miles)]
**Above is an example of what I am talking about. "Miles" needs to always be in the TextField while the UserInput is changing.
EDIT: "Implementation" was a bad choice of words. Let me rephrase, I can set up the field myself, but I am having trouble finding a way to set permanent text in a textfield. Just wondering if anyone knows an easy way.

You could put a transparent textfield over a label and bind the 2 together. Something like this but with better styling.
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.beans.binding.Bindings;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.Label;
import javafx.scene.control.TextField;
import javafx.scene.layout.StackPane;
import javafx.scene.layout.VBox;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
public class Text extends Application {
#Override
public void start(Stage primaryStage) {
TextField txtUser = new TextField();
txtUser.setStyle("-fx-background-color: transparent;-fx-border-color:blue;");
Label txtBG = new Label(" (miles)");
Label labelUser = new Label();
labelUser.textProperty().bind(txtUser.textProperty());
Label labelAll = new Label();
labelAll.textProperty().bind(Bindings.concat(
labelUser.textProperty())
.concat(txtBG.textProperty()));
StackPane sp = new StackPane();
sp.getChildren().addAll(txtBG, txtUser);
sp.setPrefSize(100, 12);
VBox root = new VBox();
root.getChildren().addAll(sp,labelUser,labelAll);
Scene scene = new Scene(root, 300, 250);
primaryStage.setTitle("transparent text test");
primaryStage.setScene(scene);
primaryStage.show();
}
}
I would use a HBox instead of a stack pane but it's one way to satisfy the requirement that "miles" is 'inside' the texfield's borders.

This is a small example doing what you want ! I have used the focus property of textfield to add and remove miles from it !
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.beans.value.ChangeListener;
import javafx.beans.value.ObservableValue;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.TextField;
import javafx.scene.layout.VBox;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
public class TextBinding extends Application {
#Override
public void start(Stage primaryStage) {
final TextField user = new TextField();
TextField demo = new TextField();
user.setStyle("-fx-background-color: transparent;-fx-border-color:blue;");
user.focusedProperty().addListener(new ChangeListener<Boolean>()
{
#Override
public void changed(ObservableValue<? extends Boolean> arg0, Boolean oldPropertyValue, Boolean newPropertyValue)
{
if (newPropertyValue)
{
user.setText(user.getText().replace(" miles", ""));
}
else
{
user.setText(user.getText().concat(" miles"));
}
}
});
VBox root = new VBox();
root.getChildren().addAll(user,demo);
Scene scene = new Scene(root, 300, 250);
primaryStage.setTitle("transparent text test");
primaryStage.setScene(scene);
primaryStage.show();
}
public static void main(String args[]) {
launch(args);
}
}

Place button on top of webView in GridPane

I want to create a refresh button for my webView that will be on top of the view (even if it hides part of the view), when I place the button on the Grid Pane it pushes the webView down or to the side (depends where I place the button)
How can I place my "refresh" button on top of the webView and not move it aside?
import java.util.List;
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.event.ActionEvent;
import javafx.event.EventHandler;
import javafx.geometry.HPos;
import javafx.geometry.Insets;
import javafx.geometry.VPos;
import javafx.scene.Node;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.Button;
import javafx.scene.layout.ColumnConstraints;
import javafx.scene.layout.GridPane;
import javafx.scene.layout.Pane;
import javafx.scene.layout.Priority;
import javafx.scene.layout.VBox;
import javafx.scene.web.WebEngine;
import javafx.scene.web.WebView;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
public class webviewbrowser extends Application {
#Override public void start(Stage primaryStage) throws Exception {
Pane root = new WebViewPane();
primaryStage.setScene(new Scene(root, 1024, 768));
primaryStage.setFullScreen(true);
primaryStage.show();
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
launch(args);
}
/**
* Create a resizable WebView pane
*/
public class WebViewPane extends Pane {
public WebViewPane() {
VBox.setVgrow(this, Priority.ALWAYS);
setMaxWidth(Double.MAX_VALUE);
setMaxHeight(Double.MAX_VALUE);
WebView view = new WebView();
view.setMinSize(500, 400);
view.setPrefSize(500, 400);
final WebEngine eng = view.getEngine();
eng.load("http://google.com");
//final TextField locationField = new TextField("http://www.google.com");
//locationField.setMaxHeight(Double.MAX_VALUE);
Button goButton = new Button("Refresh");
goButton.setDefaultButton(true);
EventHandler<ActionEvent> goAction = new EventHandler<ActionEvent>() {
#Override public void handle(ActionEvent event) {
eng.reload();
}
};
goButton.setOnAction(goAction);
GridPane grid = new GridPane();
grid.setVgap(0);
grid.setHgap(0);
GridPane.setConstraints(goButton,2,0,2,1, HPos.RIGHT, VPos.BOTTOM, Priority.ALWAYS, Priority.ALWAYS);
GridPane.setConstraints(view, 0, 0, 2, 1, HPos.CENTER, VPos.CENTER, Priority.SOMETIMES, Priority.SOMETIMES);
grid.getColumnConstraints().addAll(
new ColumnConstraints(100, 100, Double.MAX_VALUE, Priority.ALWAYS, HPos.CENTER, true),
new ColumnConstraints(40, 40, 40, Priority.NEVER, HPos.CENTER, true)
);
grid.getChildren().addAll(goButton, view);
getChildren().add(grid);
}
#Override protected void layoutChildren() {
List<Node> managed = getManagedChildren();
double width = getWidth();
double height = getHeight();
double top = getInsets().getTop();
double right = getInsets().getRight();
double left = getInsets().getLeft();
double bottom = getInsets().getBottom();
for (int i = 0; i < managed.size(); i++) {
Node child = managed.get(i);
layoutInArea(child, left, top,
width - left - right, height - top - bottom,
0, Insets.EMPTY, true, true, HPos.CENTER, VPos.CENTER);
}
}
}
}

If you want to stack one component on top of another, don't use a GridPane for layout, instead use a parent that allows layout components to be placed on top of one another. For example, a standard Pane, a StackPane, Group or Region. In these stacked style layouts, the components are rendered in order of the child component's position in the parent's child list.
In your sample code you are already extending Pane, so get rid of all of the grid code and just do:
getChildren().addAll(view, goButton);
instead of:
grid.getChildren().addAll(goButton, view);
Modify the layout properties of your goButton to position it within a parent which does not manage the layout position of it's children, e.g. you can call goButton.relocate(xPos, yPos).
You have some custom stuff in the layoutChildren method you override that may mess up the default Pane layout processing logic. Overriding layoutChildren is more of an advanced layout topic and I wouldn't advise it for beginners.
Here is an updated sample you could look at which uses some of the concepts mentioned in this answer.
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.event.*;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.Button;
import javafx.scene.layout.Pane;
import javafx.scene.web.*;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
public class WebViewBrowser extends Application {
#Override public void start(Stage stage) throws Exception {
stage.setScene(new Scene(new WebViewPane("http://google.com")));
stage.setFullScreen(true);
stage.show();
}
public static void main(String[] args) { launch(args); }
}
class WebViewPane extends Pane {
final WebView view = new WebView();
final Button goButton = createGoButton(view.getEngine());
public WebViewPane(String initURL) {
view.getEngine().load(initURL);
getChildren().addAll(
view,
goButton
);
initLayout();
}
private Button createGoButton(final WebEngine eng) {
Button go = new Button("Refresh");
go.setDefaultButton(true);
go.setOnAction(new EventHandler<ActionEvent>() {
#Override public void handle(ActionEvent event) {
eng.reload();
}
});
return go;
}
private void initLayout() {
setMinSize(500, 400);
setPrefSize(1024, 768);
view.prefWidthProperty().bind(widthProperty());
view.prefHeightProperty().bind(heightProperty());
goButton.setLayoutX(10);
goButton.layoutYProperty().bind(
heightProperty().subtract(20).subtract(goButton.heightProperty())
);
}
}