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java - images in javafx

I am still pretty new to java and i am still learning. I have never used images before so it is possible if I can have help add a image. I am not that sure what needs to be done in order to add one. Thank you
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here is the code:
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.beans.binding.StringBinding;
import javafx.beans.property.BooleanProperty;
import javafx.beans.property.ReadOnlyObjectProperty;
import javafx.beans.property.SimpleStringProperty;
import javafx.beans.property.StringProperty;
import javafx.event.ActionEvent;
import javafx.event.EventHandler;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.Button;
import javafx.scene.control.ChoiceBox;
import javafx.scene.control.RadioButton;
import javafx.scene.control.TextArea;
import javafx.scene.layout.BorderPane;
import javafx.scene.layout.HBox;
import javafx.scene.layout.Pane;
import javafx.scene.layout.StackPane;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
class User {
private StringProperty order = new SimpleStringProperty();
public String getOrder() {
return order.get();
}
public void setOrder(String order) {
this.order.set(order);
}
public StringProperty orderProperty() {
return order;
}
}
public class pizza extends Application {
private User user = new User();
#Override
public void start(Stage stage) throws Exception {
stage.setTitle("Pizza System");
Button btn = new Button();
btn.setText("place order");
BorderPane pane = new BorderPane();
pane.setBottom(btn);
btn.setOnAction(new EventHandler<ActionEvent>() {
#Override
public void handle(ActionEvent event) {
btn.setText("Order has been placed. Please wait at least 30 minutes.");
}
});
RadioButton tomatoButton = new RadioButton("Tomato");
RadioButton pepperButton = new RadioButton("Pepper");
RadioButton mushroomButton = new RadioButton("Mushrooms");
ChoiceBox<String> pizzaType = new ChoiceBox<String>();
pizzaType.getItems().addAll("", "Small", "Medium", "Large");
pizzaType.getSelectionModel().selectFirst();
HBox topHBox = new HBox(15.0, tomatoButton, pepperButton, mushroomButton, pizzaType);
// create custom Binding that binds selection of radio buttons and choice box
StringBinding orderBinding = createOrderBinding(tomatoButton.selectedProperty(), pepperButton.selectedProperty(), mushroomButton.selectedProperty(), pizzaType.getSelectionModel().selectedItemProperty());
// bind orderBinding to orderProperty of User
user.orderProperty().bind(orderBinding);
TextArea orderArea = new TextArea();
// bind orderProperty of User to textProperty of TextArea
orderArea.textProperty().bindBidirectional(user.orderProperty());
BorderPane root = new BorderPane();
root.setTop(topHBox);
root.setCenter(orderArea);
root.setBottom(btn);
Scene scene = new Scene(root, 400, 300);
stage.setScene(scene);
stage.show();
}
public StringBinding createOrderBinding(BooleanProperty tomato, BooleanProperty pepper, BooleanProperty mushroom, ReadOnlyObjectProperty<String> selectedPizzaType) {
StringBinding binding = new StringBinding() {
{
// bind 4 provided properties.
super.bind(tomato, pepper, mushroom, selectedPizzaType);
}
#Override
protected String computeValue() {
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder("Pizza content:\n");
if (tomato.get())
sb.append("\tTomato\n");
if (pepper.get())
sb.append("\tPepper\n");
if (mushroom.get())
sb.append("\tMushroom\n");
sb.append("Pizza type:\n").append("\t" + selectedPizzaType.get());
return sb.toString();
}
};
return binding;
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
Application.launch(args);
}
}

JavaFX uses an Image to load the image file and it has a node called ImageView to place that image on the screen graph.
Considering that the image is present at the same location as your class file, you can use this:
// Load Image
Image image = new Image(getClass().getResource("image.jpg").toExternalForm());
// Set the Image on the ImageView
ImageView imageView = new ImageView(image);
// specify a size
imageView.setFitWidth(200);
imageView.setFitHeight(200);
// Place ImageView in a container
root.setRight(imageView);

Using JavaFX controller without FXML

Is there a possibility to use a controller with a JavaFX GUI without using FXML.
I noticed that the FXML file contains an fx-controller attribute to bind the controller but i don't find it an easy way to work with it.
Any ideas about have an MVC arch with JavaFX without using the FXML file or JavaFX Scene Builder ?

Your question isn't particularly clear to me: you just create the classes and basically tie everything together with listeners. I don't know if this helps, but here is a simple example that just has a couple of text fields and a label displaying their sum. This is what I regard as "classical MVC": the view observes the model and updates the UI elements if the model changes. It registers handlers with the UI elements and delegates to the controller if events happen: the controller in turn processes the input (if necessary) and updates the model.
Model:
package mvcexample;
import javafx.beans.property.IntegerProperty;
import javafx.beans.property.ReadOnlyIntegerWrapper;
import javafx.beans.property.SimpleIntegerProperty;
public class AdditionModel {
private final IntegerProperty x = new SimpleIntegerProperty();
private final IntegerProperty y = new SimpleIntegerProperty();
private final ReadOnlyIntegerWrapper sum = new ReadOnlyIntegerWrapper();
public AdditionModel() {
sum.bind(x.add(y));
}
public final IntegerProperty xProperty() {
return this.x;
}
public final int getX() {
return this.xProperty().get();
}
public final void setX(final int x) {
this.xProperty().set(x);
}
public final IntegerProperty yProperty() {
return this.y;
}
public final int getY() {
return this.yProperty().get();
}
public final void setY(final int y) {
this.yProperty().set(y);
}
public final javafx.beans.property.ReadOnlyIntegerProperty sumProperty() {
return this.sum.getReadOnlyProperty();
}
public final int getSum() {
return this.sumProperty().get();
}
}
Controller:
package mvcexample;
public class AdditionController {
private final AdditionModel model ;
public AdditionController(AdditionModel model) {
this.model = model ;
}
public void updateX(String x) {
model.setX(convertStringToInt(x));
}
public void updateY(String y) {
model.setY(convertStringToInt(y));
}
private int convertStringToInt(String s) {
if (s == null || s.isEmpty()) {
return 0 ;
}
if ("-".equals(s)) {
return 0 ;
}
return Integer.parseInt(s);
}
}
View:
package mvcexample;
import javafx.geometry.HPos;
import javafx.geometry.Pos;
import javafx.scene.Parent;
import javafx.scene.control.Label;
import javafx.scene.control.TextField;
import javafx.scene.control.TextFormatter;
import javafx.scene.control.TextFormatter.Change;
import javafx.scene.layout.ColumnConstraints;
import javafx.scene.layout.GridPane;
import javafx.scene.layout.Priority;
public class AdditionView {
private GridPane view ;
private TextField xField;
private TextField yField;
private Label sumLabel;
private AdditionController controller ;
private AdditionModel model ;
public AdditionView(AdditionController controller, AdditionModel model) {
this.controller = controller ;
this.model = model ;
createAndConfigurePane();
createAndLayoutControls();
updateControllerFromListeners();
observeModelAndUpdateControls();
}
public Parent asParent() {
return view ;
}
private void observeModelAndUpdateControls() {
model.xProperty().addListener((obs, oldX, newX) ->
updateIfNeeded(newX, xField));
model.yProperty().addListener((obs, oldY, newY) ->
updateIfNeeded(newY, yField));
sumLabel.textProperty().bind(model.sumProperty().asString());
}
private void updateIfNeeded(Number value, TextField field) {
String s = value.toString() ;
if (! field.getText().equals(s)) {
field.setText(s);
}
}
private void updateControllerFromListeners() {
xField.textProperty().addListener((obs, oldText, newText) -> controller.updateX(newText));
yField.textProperty().addListener((obs, oldText, newText) -> controller.updateY(newText));
}
private void createAndLayoutControls() {
xField = new TextField();
configTextFieldForInts(xField);
yField = new TextField();
configTextFieldForInts(yField);
sumLabel = new Label();
view.addRow(0, new Label("X:"), xField);
view.addRow(1, new Label("Y:"), yField);
view.addRow(2, new Label("Sum:"), sumLabel);
}
private void createAndConfigurePane() {
view = new GridPane();
ColumnConstraints leftCol = new ColumnConstraints();
leftCol.setHalignment(HPos.RIGHT);
leftCol.setHgrow(Priority.NEVER);
ColumnConstraints rightCol = new ColumnConstraints();
rightCol.setHgrow(Priority.SOMETIMES);
view.getColumnConstraints().addAll(leftCol, rightCol);
view.setAlignment(Pos.CENTER);
view.setHgap(5);
view.setVgap(10);
}
private void configTextFieldForInts(TextField field) {
field.setTextFormatter(new TextFormatter<Integer>((Change c) -> {
if (c.getControlNewText().matches("-?\\d*")) {
return c ;
}
return null ;
}));
}
}
Application class:
package mvcexample;
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
public class MVCExample extends Application {
#Override
public void start(Stage primaryStage) {
AdditionModel model = new AdditionModel();
AdditionController controller = new AdditionController(model);
AdditionView view = new AdditionView(controller, model);
Scene scene = new Scene(view.asParent(), 400, 400);
primaryStage.setScene(scene);
primaryStage.show();
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
launch(args);
}
}

I use JavaFX extensively and do not use FXML or scenebuilder. So I can vouch that it can be done.
Below is the auto generated code made by my IDE to get an JavaFX main class. This will be the root of your application. You will then add to it to create your application.
public class NewFXMain extends Application {
#Override
public void start(Stage primaryStage) {
Button btn = new Button();
btn.setText("Say 'Hello World'");
btn.setOnAction(new EventHandler<ActionEvent>() {
#Override
public void handle(ActionEvent event) {
System.out.println("Hello World!");
}
});
StackPane root = new StackPane();
root.getChildren().add(btn);
Scene scene = new Scene(root, 300, 250);
primaryStage.setTitle("Hello World!");
primaryStage.setScene(scene);
primaryStage.show();
}
/**
* #param args the command line arguments
*/
public static void main(String[] args) {
launch(args);
}
}

For the rest of us... Here is a VERY simple example showing how to create a JavaFX form without the use of any FXML files. This example can be used within an app that is already running, so I've skipped the Main class and all that ... it's just meant to show the simplicity of JavaFX.
In a nutshell, you simply create your scene based on a container such as an AnchorPane, then you create your Stage and assign the Scene to the stage ... add your controls then show the stage
package javafx;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.Button;
import javafx.scene.control.TextArea;
import javafx.scene.control.TextField;
import javafx.scene.layout.AnchorPane;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
public class SimpleFX {
private AnchorPane anchorPane;
private TextArea textArea () {
TextArea textArea = new TextArea();
textArea.setLayoutX(20);
textArea.setLayoutY(20);
textArea.setMaxWidth(450);
textArea.setMinHeight(380);
return textArea;
}
private TextField textField () {
TextField textField = new TextField();
textField.setLayoutX(20);
textField.setLayoutY(410);
textField.setMinWidth(450);
textField.setMinHeight(25);
return textField;
}
private Button button() {
Button button = new Button("Button");
button.setLayoutX(240);
button.setLayoutY(450);
return button;
}
private void addControls () {
anchorPane.getChildren().add(0,textArea());
anchorPane.getChildren().add(1,textField());
anchorPane.getChildren().add(2,button());
}
public void startForm () {
anchorPane = new AnchorPane();
Scene scene = new Scene(anchorPane, 500, 500);
Stage stage = new Stage();
stage.setScene(scene);
addControls();
stage.show();
}
}

TableMenuButton dose not show name of columns which are saved as Label, JavaFx

I turned my column names as suggested here to labels so that I can get tooltip on their names:
for (Entry<String, String> ent : dc.getSortedAssignedOrg().entrySet()) {
TreeTableColumn<String, ArrayList<String>> col = new TreeTableColumn<>();
Label label = new Label(ent.getValue());
col.setGraphic(label);
col.setEditable(false);
col.setSortable(false);
label.setTooltip(new Tooltip(label.getText()));// tooltip for column
.
.
.
Now the problem is my TableMenuButton does not show the column names, and clicking on the plus sign on the right corner of treetableview opens a list in which there are only the checked signs, which I can remove or add. But the name itself is not shown. How can I fix this?

You could create your own table menu. You're better off with a custom menu anyway, since the in-built menu e. g. closes each time you click on a button. Unfortunately there is no getter for the context menu, so you'll have to find access to it either via reflection or a lookup.
I created a gist for a custom menu via the reflection and the lookup mechanism. Maybe it's of help for you.
The relevant part for you would be
CheckBox cb = new CheckBox(tableColumn.getText());
where you set the menu item to the text of your preferrence, i. e. the text of your labels.
Here's a lookup version for TreeTableView:
CustomTreeTableMenuDemo.java
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.beans.property.ReadOnlyStringWrapper;
import javafx.beans.property.SimpleStringProperty;
import javafx.scene.Group;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.TreeItem;
import javafx.scene.control.TreeTableColumn;
import javafx.scene.control.TreeTableView;
import javafx.scene.paint.Color;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
public class CustomTreeTableMenuDemo extends Application {
List<Employee> employees = Arrays.<Employee> asList(new Employee(
"Ethan Williams", "ethan.williams#example.com"), new Employee(
"Emma Jones", "emma.jones#example.com"), new Employee(
"Michael Brown", "michael.brown#example.com"), new Employee(
"Anna Black", "anna.black#example.com"), new Employee(
"Rodger York", "roger.york#example.com"), new Employee(
"Susan Collins", "susan.collins#example.com"));
final TreeItem<Employee> root = new TreeItem<>(new Employee(
"Sales Department", ""));
public static void main(String[] args) {
launch(args);
}
#Override
public void start(Stage stage) {
stage.setTitle("Table Menu Demo");
stage.setWidth(500);
stage.setHeight(550);
root.setExpanded(true);
employees.stream().forEach((employee) -> {
root.getChildren().add(new TreeItem<>(employee));
});
stage.setTitle("Tree Table View Sample");
final Scene scene = new Scene(new Group(), 400, 400);
scene.setFill(Color.LIGHTGRAY);
Group sceneRoot = (Group) scene.getRoot();
TreeTableColumn<Employee, String> empColumn = new TreeTableColumn<>(
"Employee");
empColumn.setPrefWidth(150);
empColumn
.setCellValueFactory((
TreeTableColumn.CellDataFeatures<Employee, String> param) -> new ReadOnlyStringWrapper(
param.getValue().getValue().getName()));
TreeTableColumn<Employee, String> emailColumn = new TreeTableColumn<>(
"Email");
emailColumn.setPrefWidth(190);
emailColumn
.setCellValueFactory((
TreeTableColumn.CellDataFeatures<Employee, String> param) -> new ReadOnlyStringWrapper(
param.getValue().getValue().getEmail()));
TreeTableView<Employee> treeTableView = new TreeTableView<>(root);
treeTableView.getColumns().setAll(empColumn, emailColumn);
sceneRoot.getChildren().add(treeTableView);
stage.setScene(scene);
stage.show();
// enable table menu button and add a custom menu to it
TreeTableUtils.addCustomTreeTableMenu(treeTableView);
}
public class Employee {
private SimpleStringProperty name;
private SimpleStringProperty email;
public SimpleStringProperty nameProperty() {
if (name == null) {
name = new SimpleStringProperty(this, "name");
}
return name;
}
public SimpleStringProperty emailProperty() {
if (email == null) {
email = new SimpleStringProperty(this, "email");
}
return email;
}
private Employee(String name, String email) {
this.name = new SimpleStringProperty(name);
this.email = new SimpleStringProperty(email);
}
public String getName() {
return name.get();
}
public void setName(String fName) {
name.set(fName);
}
public String getEmail() {
return email.get();
}
public void setEmail(String fName) {
email.set(fName);
}
}
}
TreeTableUtils.java
import javafx.collections.ObservableList;
import javafx.event.EventHandler;
import javafx.geometry.Side;
import javafx.scene.Node;
import javafx.scene.control.CheckBox;
import javafx.scene.control.ContextMenu;
import javafx.scene.control.CustomMenuItem;
import javafx.scene.control.Label;
import javafx.scene.control.SeparatorMenuItem;
import javafx.scene.control.TableColumn;
import javafx.scene.control.TreeTableColumn;
import javafx.scene.control.TreeTableView;
import javafx.scene.input.MouseEvent;
import com.sun.javafx.scene.control.skin.TableHeaderRow;
import com.sun.javafx.scene.control.skin.TreeTableViewSkin;
public class TreeTableUtils {
/**
* Make table menu button visible and replace the context menu with a custom context menu via reflection.
* The preferred height is modified so that an empty header row remains visible. This is needed in case you remove all columns, so that the menu button won't disappear with the row header.
* IMPORTANT: Modification is only possible AFTER the table has been made visible, otherwise you'd get a NullPointerException
* #param treeTableView
*/
public static void addCustomTreeTableMenu( TreeTableView treeTableView) {
// enable table menu
treeTableView.setTableMenuButtonVisible(true);
// replace internal mouse listener with custom listener
setCustomContextMenu( treeTableView);
}
private static void setCustomContextMenu( TreeTableView treeTableView) {
TreeTableViewSkin<?> treeTableViewSkin = (TreeTableViewSkin<?>) treeTableView.getSkin();
// get all children of the skin
ObservableList<Node> children = treeTableViewSkin.getChildren();
// find the TableHeaderRow child
for (int i = 0; i < children.size(); i++) {
Node node = children.get(i);
if (node instanceof TableHeaderRow) {
TableHeaderRow tableHeaderRow = (TableHeaderRow) node;
// setting the preferred height for the table header row
// if the preferred height isn't set, then the table header would disappear if there are no visible columns
// and with it the table menu button
// by setting the preferred height the header will always be visible
// note: this may need adjustments in case you have different heights in columns (eg when you use grouping)
double defaultHeight = tableHeaderRow.getHeight();
tableHeaderRow.setPrefHeight(defaultHeight);
for( Node child: tableHeaderRow.getChildren()) {
// child identified as cornerRegion in TableHeaderRow.java
if( child.getStyleClass().contains( "show-hide-columns-button")) {
// get the context menu
ContextMenu columnPopupMenu = createContextMenu( treeTableView);
// replace mouse listener
child.setOnMousePressed(me -> {
// show a popupMenu which lists all columns
columnPopupMenu.show(child, Side.BOTTOM, 0, 0);
me.consume();
});
}
}
}
}
}
/**
* Create a menu with custom items. The important thing is that the menu remains open while you click on the menu items.
* #param cm
* #param treeTableView
*/
private static ContextMenu createContextMenu( TreeTableView treeTableView) {
ContextMenu cm = new ContextMenu();
// create new context menu
CustomMenuItem cmi;
// select all item
Label showAll = new Label("Show all");
showAll.addEventHandler(MouseEvent.MOUSE_CLICKED, new EventHandler<MouseEvent>() {
#Override
public void handle(MouseEvent event) {
for (Object obj : treeTableView.getColumns()) {
((TableColumn<?, ?>) obj).setVisible(true);
}
}
});
cmi = new CustomMenuItem(showAll);
cmi.setHideOnClick(false);
cm.getItems().add(cmi);
// deselect all item
Label hideAll = new Label("Hide all");
hideAll.addEventHandler(MouseEvent.MOUSE_CLICKED, new EventHandler<MouseEvent>() {
#Override
public void handle(MouseEvent event) {
for (Object obj : treeTableView.getColumns()) {
((TableColumn<?, ?>) obj).setVisible(false);
}
}
});
cmi = new CustomMenuItem(hideAll);
cmi.setHideOnClick(false);
cm.getItems().add(cmi);
// separator
cm.getItems().add(new SeparatorMenuItem());
// menu item for each of the available columns
for (Object obj : treeTableView.getColumns()) {
TreeTableColumn<?, ?> tableColumn = (TreeTableColumn<?, ?>) obj;
CheckBox cb = new CheckBox(tableColumn.getText());
cb.selectedProperty().bindBidirectional(tableColumn.visibleProperty());
cmi = new CustomMenuItem(cb);
cmi.setHideOnClick(false);
cm.getItems().add(cmi);
}
return cm;
}
}

FilteredList breaks after entering a space

I have a ListView with a TextField above it. If a user enters in a search query into the textfield, the listview will update and filter itself to show relevant results.
The ListView shows items from a FilteredList, which is filled with Employee objects. Each Employee has a first and last name.
package application.ctrl;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.ResourceBundle;
import javafx.collections.transformation.FilteredList;
import javafx.fxml.FXML;
import javafx.fxml.FXMLLoader;
import javafx.fxml.Initializable;
import javafx.geometry.Pos;
import javafx.geometry.Side;
import javafx.scene.Parent;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.Button;
import javafx.scene.control.ContextMenu;
import javafx.scene.control.CustomMenuItem;
import javafx.scene.control.ListView;
import javafx.scene.control.TextField;
import javafx.scene.layout.VBox;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
import application.Main;
import application.objects.Employee;
import application.objects.EmployeeDatabase;
public class EmployeePickerWidget extends VBox implements Initializable {
#FXML
private TextField textField;
#FXML
private Button addNewEmployee;
#FXML
private ListView<Employee> employeeList;
private FilteredList<Employee> filteredList;
private ContextMenu cm;
private CustomMenuItem item;
private ClickedEmployeeInterface parent;
public EmployeePickerWidget(ClickedEmployeeInterface parent) {
FXMLLoader loader = new FXMLLoader(this.getClass().getResource(
Main.EMPLOYEE_PICKER));
loader.setRoot(this);
loader.setController(this);
try {
loader.load();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
this.parent = parent;
}
#Override
public void initialize(URL location, ResourceBundle resources) {
setupEmployeeListView();
setupTextField();
}
private void setupEmployeeListView() {
filteredList = new FilteredList<Employee>(EmployeeDatabase.getInstance()
.getObservableList());
employeeList = new ListView<Employee>();
employeeList.setItems(filteredList);
employeeList.setOnMouseClicked(arg0 -> {
if (employeeList.getSelectionModel().getSelectedItem() != null) {
cm.hide();
parent.handleClickedEmployee();
}
});
}
private void setupTextField() {
textField.textProperty().addListener(
(observable, oldValue, newValue) -> {
filteredList.setPredicate(employee -> {
return filterHelper(employee, newValue);
});
});
textField.setText(" ");
textField.setText("");
textField.setOnMouseClicked(event -> cm
.show(textField, Side.BOTTOM, 0, 0));
cm = new ContextMenu();
item = new CustomMenuItem();
VBox container = new VBox();
container.setAlignment(Pos.CENTER_RIGHT);
container.getChildren().add(employeeList);
Button defineEmployeeBtn = new Button("Define New Employee");
defineEmployeeBtn.setOnAction(event -> {
FXMLLoader loader = new FXMLLoader(getClass().getResource(
Main.DEFINE_NEW_EMPLOYEE));
Parent root = null;
try {
root = loader.load();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
Scene newScene = new Scene(root);
Stage newStage = new Stage();
newStage.setScene(newScene);
newStage.show();
});
container.getChildren().add(defineEmployeeBtn);
item.setContent(container);
cm.getItems().add(item);
}
private boolean filterHelper(Employee employee, String query) {
String first = employee.getFirst().toLowerCase(), last = employee
.getLast().toLowerCase();
String[] querySplit = query.replace(",", "\\s").split("\\s+");
int length = querySplit.length;
for (int i = 0; i < length; i++)
querySplit[i] = querySplit[i].toLowerCase();
if (length == 1) {
if (first.contains(querySplit[0]) || last.contains(querySplit[0]))
return true;
else
return false;
} else if (length == 2) {
if (first.contains(querySplit[0]) || last.contains(querySplit[0]))
if (first.contains(querySplit[1]) || last.contains(querySplit[1]))
return true;
return false;
} else if (length == 3) {
return false;
}
return false;
}
public Employee getEmployee() {
return employeeList.getSelectionModel().getSelectedItem();
}
#FXML
public void addNewEmployee() {
}
}
interface ClickedEmployeeInterface {
void handleClickedEmployee();
}
If there were 3 employees named "Donald Trump", "Donald Smith", and "Donald Jackson" in the database, then the following needs to happen:
Typing up to the word "Donald" will show all 3 results.
Typing a space after Donald (resulting in "Donald ") will still show 3 results.
Typing a T after the previous query (resulting in "Donald T") should only show 1 result.
The problem is, after I enter in a space, the ListView breaks, and all of my Employees disappear from the ListView. When I click outside of the textfield and click back in again, it triggers this:
textField.setOnMouseClicked(event -> cm
.show(textField, Side.BOTTOM, 0, 0));
And my ListView suddenly works again, showing that one Employee.
How do I make the ListView filter properly without having to click out and back in?

I do not have the FXML file, so I wasn't able to replicate your problem. There are multiple problems with your code and this is the not the optimum solution, still, I have edited your answer to give you hints and help you understand the areas where you might have committed logical errors
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.beans.value.ChangeListener;
import javafx.beans.value.ObservableValue;
import javafx.collections.FXCollections;
import javafx.collections.ObservableList;
import javafx.event.Event;
import javafx.event.EventHandler;
import javafx.geometry.Side;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.ContextMenu;
import javafx.scene.control.Label;
import javafx.scene.control.MenuItem;
import javafx.scene.control.TextField;
import javafx.scene.layout.GridPane;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
public class DemoList extends Application {
#Override
public void start(Stage stage) throws Exception {
GridPane gridPane = new GridPane();
Label label = new Label("Name");
final TextField textField = new TextField();
textField.setFocusTraversable(false);
textField.setPromptText("Please Type Here");
final ContextMenu cm = new ContextMenu();
final ObservableList<String> employeeList = FXCollections
.observableArrayList();
employeeList.addAll("Donald Duck", "Donald Mouse", "Donald Goofy");
textField.textProperty().addListener(new ChangeListener<String>() {
#Override
public void changed(ObservableValue<? extends String> arg0,
String arg1, String arg2) {
// To clear the Context Menu so that same items are not added
// multiple times
cm.getItems().clear();
for (String employee : employeeList) {
if (filterHelper(employee, arg2)) {
cm.getItems().add(new MenuItem(employee));
}
}
}
});
textField.setOnMouseClicked(new EventHandler<Event>() {
#Override
public void handle(Event arg0) {
// To clear the Context Menu so that same items are not added
// multiple times
cm.getItems().clear();
//Adding the data for initial click
for (String employee : employeeList) {
if (filterHelper(employee, textField.getText())) {
cm.getItems().add(new MenuItem(employee));
}
}
cm.show(textField, Side.BOTTOM, 0, 0);
}
});
gridPane.add(label, 0, 0);
gridPane.add(textField, 0, 1);
Scene scene = new Scene(gridPane, 300, 300);
stage.setScene(scene);
stage.show();
}
private boolean filterHelper(String employee, String query) {
//Splitting Employee name to fetch first and last name
String first = employee.split(" ")[0].toLowerCase(), last = employee
.split(" ")[1].toLowerCase();
String[] querySplit = query.replace(",", "\\s").split("\\s+");
int length = querySplit.length;
for (int i = 0; i < length; i++)
querySplit[i] = querySplit[i].toLowerCase();
/**
* Avoid adding unnecessary return statement
* I have removed all the 'return false' statements
* The last return will take care of all the 'return false'
*/
//only single word
if (length == 1) {
if (first.startsWith(querySplit[0])
|| last.startsWith(querySplit[0]))
return true;
}
//two words, considering first word is first name
//and second word is last name
else if (length == 2) {
if (first.startsWith(querySplit[0])
&& last.startsWith(querySplit[1]))
return true;
}
return false;
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
launch(args);
}
}

Adding new row with button to javafx tableview

I have defined a tableview in fxml. It is something like the following:
SNO Name DOB Action
The Action column would contain buttons in each row with text "delete". I have two questions:
How do I add this delete button to each new row last cell in javafx?
How do I get the index of the row whose delete button is clicked?(So that I can delete the row or do other event handling work)

I think this example use for your project just go through it and implement in your project.` package checkboxdemo;
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.beans.value.ChangeListener;
import javafx.beans.value.ObservableValue;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.CheckBox;
import javafx.scene.control.TableColumn;
import javafx.scene.control.TableView;
import javafx.scene.layout.StackPane;
import javafx.scene.layout.VBox;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
/**
*
* #author reegan
*/
public class Checkboxdemo extends Application {
static int i = 0;
#Override
public void start(Stage primaryStage) {
CheckBox checkBox = new CheckBox();
checkBox.selectedProperty().addListener(new ChangeListener<Boolean>() {
public void changed(ObservableValue ov,
Boolean old_val, Boolean new_val) {
if (ov.getValue() == true) {
i = i + 1;
System.out.println(i);
}
}
});
TableView tableView = new TableView();
TableColumn column = new TableColumn("check");
TableColumn column1 = new TableColumn("Name");
tableView.getColumns().addAll(column,column1);
VBox root = new VBox();
root.getChildren().addAll(checkBox,tableView);
Scene scene = new Scene(root, 300, 250);
primaryStage.setTitle("Hello World!");
primaryStage.setScene(scene);
primaryStage.show();
}
/**
* The main() method is ignored in correctly deployed JavaFX application.
* main() serves only as fallback in case the application can not be
* launched through deployment artifacts, e.g., in IDEs with limited FX
* support. NetBeans ignores main().
*
* #param args the command line arguments
*/
// public static void main(String[] args) {
// launch(args);
// }
}
package checkboxdemo;
import javafx.beans.property.SimpleStringProperty;
import javafx.beans.property.StringProperty;
public class Person {
private StringProperty firstName;
private StringProperty lastName;
public Person(String firstName, String lastName) {
setFirstName(firstName);
setLastName(lastName);
}
public final void setFirstName(String value) { firstNameProperty().set(value); }
public final void setLastName(String value) { lastNameProperty().set(value); }
public String getFirstName() { return firstNameProperty().get(); }
public String getLastName() { return lastNameProperty().get(); }
public StringProperty firstNameProperty() {
if (firstName == null) firstName = new SimpleStringProperty(this, "firstName");
return firstName;
}
public StringProperty lastNameProperty() {
if (lastName == null) lastName = new SimpleStringProperty(this, "lastName");
return lastName;
}
}
and in TableView add the button in cell
package checkboxdemo;
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.beans.property.*;
import javafx.beans.value.ObservableValue;
import javafx.collections.FXCollections;
import javafx.event.*;
import javafx.geometry.*;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.*;
import javafx.scene.control.cell.PropertyValueFactory;
import javafx.scene.image.Image;
import javafx.scene.input.MouseEvent;
import javafx.scene.layout.*;
import javafx.stage.*;
import javafx.util.Callback;
public class TableViewWithAddButtonExample extends Application {
public static void main(String[] args) { launch(args); }
#Override public void start(final Stage stage) {
stage.setTitle("People");
// stage.getIcons().add(new Image("http://icons.iconarchive.com/icons/icons-land/vista-people/72/Historical-Viking-Female-icon.png")); // icon license: Linkware (Backlink to http://www.icons-land.com required)
// create a table.
final TableView<Person> table = new TableView<>(
FXCollections.observableArrayList(
new Person("Jacob", "Smith"),
new Person("Isabella", "Johnson"),
new Person("Ethan", "Williams"),
new Person("Emma", "Jones"),
new Person("Michael", "Brown")
)
);
// define the table columns.
TableColumn<Person, String> firstNameCol = new TableColumn<>("First Name");
firstNameCol.setCellValueFactory(new PropertyValueFactory("firstName"));
TableColumn<Person, String> lastNameCol = new TableColumn<>("Last Name");
lastNameCol.setCellValueFactory(new PropertyValueFactory("lastName"));
TableColumn<Person, Boolean> actionCol = new TableColumn<>("Action");
actionCol.setSortable(false);
// define a simple boolean cell value for the action column so that the column will only be shown for non-empty rows.
actionCol.setCellValueFactory(new Callback<TableColumn.CellDataFeatures<Person, Boolean>, ObservableValue<Boolean>>() {
#Override public ObservableValue<Boolean> call(TableColumn.CellDataFeatures<Person, Boolean> features) {
return new SimpleBooleanProperty(features.getValue() != null);
}
});
// create a cell value factory with an add button for each row in the table.
actionCol.setCellFactory(new Callback<TableColumn<Person, Boolean>, TableCell<Person, Boolean>>() {
#Override public TableCell<Person, Boolean> call(TableColumn<Person, Boolean> personBooleanTableColumn) {
return new AddPersonCell(stage, table);
}
});
table.getColumns().setAll(firstNameCol, lastNameCol, actionCol);
table.setColumnResizePolicy(TableView.CONSTRAINED_RESIZE_POLICY);
stage.setScene(new Scene(table));
stage.show();
}
/** A table cell containing a button for adding a new person. */
private class AddPersonCell extends TableCell<Person, Boolean> {
// a button for adding a new person.
final Button addButton = new Button("Add");
// pads and centers the add button in the cell.
final StackPane paddedButton = new StackPane();
// records the y pos of the last button press so that the add person dialog can be shown next to the cell.
final DoubleProperty buttonY = new SimpleDoubleProperty();
/**
* AddPersonCell constructor
* #param stage the stage in which the table is placed.
* #param table the table to which a new person can be added.
*/
AddPersonCell(final Stage stage, final TableView table) {
paddedButton.setPadding(new Insets(3));
paddedButton.getChildren().add(addButton);
addButton.setOnMousePressed(new EventHandler<MouseEvent>() {
#Override public void handle(MouseEvent mouseEvent) {
buttonY.set(mouseEvent.getScreenY());
}
});
addButton.setOnAction(new EventHandler<ActionEvent>() {
#Override public void handle(ActionEvent actionEvent) {
showAddPersonDialog(stage, table, buttonY.get());
table.getSelectionModel().select(getTableRow().getIndex());
}
});
}
/** places an add button in the row only if the row is not empty. */
#Override protected void updateItem(Boolean item, boolean empty) {
super.updateItem(item, empty);
if (!empty) {
setContentDisplay(ContentDisplay.GRAPHIC_ONLY);
setGraphic(paddedButton);
}
}
}
/**
* shows a dialog which displays a UI for adding a person to a table.
* #param parent a parent stage to which this dialog will be modal and placed next to.
* #param table the table to which a person is to be added.
* #param y the y position of the top left corner of the dialog.
*/
private void showAddPersonDialog(Stage parent, final TableView<Person> table, double y) {
// initialize the dialog.
final Stage dialog = new Stage();
dialog.setTitle("New Person");
dialog.initOwner(parent);
dialog.initModality(Modality.WINDOW_MODAL);
dialog.initStyle(StageStyle.UTILITY);
dialog.setX(parent.getX() + parent.getWidth());
dialog.setY(y);
// create a grid for the data entry.
GridPane grid = new GridPane();
final TextField firstNameField = new TextField();
final TextField lastNameField = new TextField();
grid.addRow(0, new Label("First Name"), firstNameField);
grid.addRow(1, new Label("Last Name"), lastNameField);
grid.setHgap(10);
grid.setVgap(10);
GridPane.setHgrow(firstNameField, Priority.ALWAYS);
GridPane.setHgrow(lastNameField, Priority.ALWAYS);
// create action buttons for the dialog.
Button ok = new Button("OK");
ok.setDefaultButton(true);
Button cancel = new Button("Cancel");
cancel.setCancelButton(true);
// only enable the ok button when there has been some text entered.
ok.disableProperty().bind(firstNameField.textProperty().isEqualTo("").or(lastNameField.textProperty().isEqualTo("")));
// add action handlers for the dialog buttons.
ok.setOnAction(new EventHandler<ActionEvent>() {
#Override public void handle(ActionEvent actionEvent) {
int nextIndex = table.getSelectionModel().getSelectedIndex() + 1;
table.getItems().add(nextIndex, new Person(firstNameField.getText(), lastNameField.getText()));
table.getSelectionModel().select(nextIndex);
dialog.close();
}
});
cancel.setOnAction(new EventHandler<ActionEvent>() {
#Override public void handle(ActionEvent actionEvent) {
dialog.close();
}
});
// layout the dialog.
HBox buttons = HBoxBuilder.create().spacing(10).children(ok, cancel).alignment(Pos.CENTER_RIGHT).build();
VBox layout = new VBox(10);
layout.getChildren().addAll(grid, buttons);
layout.setPadding(new Insets(5));
dialog.setScene(new Scene(layout));
dialog.show();
}
}