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How to set character encodings to UTF-8 on JavaFX runtime

I'm doing Internationalization on my JavaFX(11) application.
In resources.languages, I have multiple .properties files which are saved as UTF-8 character encoding.
But when I get with resourceBundle and pass them to fxml, they becomes squares like below.
Main.java
package application;
import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.ResourceBundle;
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.fxml.FXMLLoader;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.layout.AnchorPane;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
import jfxtras.styles.jmetro.JMetro;
import jfxtras.styles.jmetro.Style;
public class Main extends Application {
#Override
public void start(Stage primaryStage) {
try {
Locale locale = new Locale("my_MM");
ResourceBundle bundle = ResourceBundle.getBundle("resources.languages.langs", locale);
AnchorPane root = (AnchorPane) FXMLLoader.load(getClass().getResource("Sample.fxml"), bundle);
Scene scene = new Scene(root);
scene.getStylesheets().add(getClass().getResource("application.css").toExternalForm());
primaryStage.setScene(scene);
primaryStage.show();
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
launch(args);
}
}
Sample.fxml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.Label?>
<?import javafx.scene.layout.AnchorPane?>
<?import javafx.scene.layout.VBox?>
<?import javafx.scene.text.Font?>
<AnchorPane prefHeight="760.0" prefWidth="1200.0" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/15.0.1" fx:controller="application.SampleController">
<children>
<VBox prefHeight="760.0" prefWidth="268.0" style="-fx-background-color: #3367D6;" styleClass="sidePanel">
<children>
<AnchorPane prefHeight="134.0" prefWidth="268.0">
<children>
<Label layoutX="41.0" layoutY="27.0" styleClass="title" text="Title" textFill="WHITE">
<font>
<Font size="33.0" />
</font>
</Label>
<Label layoutX="41.0" layoutY="68.0" styleClass="title" text="%interTitleDescription" textFill="WHITE">
<font>
<Font size="18.0" />
</font>
</Label>
</children>
</AnchorPane>
<AnchorPane prefHeight="65.0" prefWidth="268.0" style="-fx-background-color: white;">
<children>
<Label alignment="TOP_LEFT" layoutX="36.0" layoutY="18.0" text="%interStudent" textFill="#3367d6">
<font>
<Font size="20.0" />
</font>
</Label>
</children>
</AnchorPane>
<AnchorPane prefHeight="65.0" prefWidth="268.0">
<children>
<Label layoutX="34.0" layoutY="17.0" text="%interTransactions" textFill="WHITE">
<font>
<Font size="20.0" />
</font>
</Label>
</children>
</AnchorPane>
<AnchorPane prefHeight="65.0" prefWidth="268.0">
<children>
<Label layoutX="36.0" layoutY="18.0" text="%interDonators" textFill="WHITE">
<font>
<Font size="20.0" />
</font>
</Label>
</children>
</AnchorPane>
<AnchorPane prefHeight="65.0" prefWidth="268.0">
<children>
<Label layoutX="36.0" layoutY="18.0" text="%interAdmins" textFill="WHITE">
<font>
<Font size="20.0" />
</font>
</Label>
</children>
</AnchorPane>
<AnchorPane prefHeight="65.0" prefWidth="268.0">
<children>
<Label layoutX="36.0" layoutY="18.0" text="%interSettings" textFill="WHITE">
<font>
<Font size="20.0" />
</font>
</Label>
</children>
</AnchorPane>
</children>
</VBox>
</children>
</AnchorPane>
langs_my_MM.properties
interTitleDescription = Management System
interStudent = ကျောင်းသားများ
interTransactions = အလှူငွေထုတ်မှတ်တမ်း
interDonators = အလှူရှင်များ
interAdmins = စီမံခန့်ခွဲသူများ
interSettings = Setting များ

JavaFX and Scene Builder won't show Combo Box Options

I am having trouble displaying the combo box options in javafx and scene builder.
First I have tried to do use an array, which I guess does not work. I then tried to use an ObservableList<String> and create an instance of the combo box like
ComboBox combo = new ComboBox(list);
This still would not show the combobox options.
Controller class:
package javafxapplication1;
import javafxapplication1.JavaFXApplication1;
import java.net.URL;
import static java.util.Collections.list;
import java.util.ResourceBundle;
import javafx.collections.FXCollections;
import javafx.collections.ObservableList;
import javafx.event.ActionEvent;
import javafx.fxml.FXML;
import javafx.fxml.Initializable;
import javafx.scene.control.ComboBox;
import javafx.scene.control.Label;
import javafx.scene.control.TextField;
import javax.lang.model.element.Element;
/**
*
* #author KJ4CC
*/
public class FXMLDocumentController implements Initializable {
ObservableList<String> options =
FXCollections.observableArrayList(
"Option 1",
"Option 2",
"Option 3"
);
#FXML
private Label label;
#FXML
private TextField dateText;
#FXML
private TextField time;
#FXML
private ComboBox band;
public void setTimeDate(){
JavaFXApplication1 javaFXApp = new JavaFXApplication1();
dateText.setText(javaFXApp.getDate());
}
public void setTime(){
JavaFXApplication1 javaFXApp = new JavaFXApplication1();
time.setText(javaFXApp.getTime());
}
#Override
public void initialize(URL url, ResourceBundle rb) {
band = new ComboBox(options);
}
}
Main java class:
public class JavaFXApplication1 extends Application {
private FXMLDocumentController initScene;
private DateFormat dtf;
#Override
public void start(Stage stage) throws Exception {
Parent root = FXMLLoader.load(getClass().getResource("FXMLDocument.fxml"));
Scene scene = new Scene(root);
stage.setScene(scene);
stage.show();
}
/**
* #param args the command line arguments
*/
public static void main(String[] args) {
launch(args);
}
public String getDate(){
dtf = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yy");
Date dateobj = new Date();
return dtf.format(dateobj);
}
public String getTime(){
dtf = new SimpleDateFormat("HH:mm;ss");
Date dateobj = new Date();
return dtf.format(dateobj);
}
}
FXML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<?import javafx.geometry.Insets?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.ComboBox?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.Label?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.Menu?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.MenuBar?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.MenuItem?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.TableColumn?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.TableView?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.TextField?>
<?import javafx.scene.layout.BorderPane?>
<?import javafx.scene.layout.HBox?>
<?import javafx.scene.layout.VBox?>
<?import javafx.scene.text.Text?>
<BorderPane maxHeight="-Infinity" maxWidth="-Infinity" minHeight="-Infinity" minWidth="-Infinity" prefHeight="383.0" prefWidth="590.0" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/8.0.111" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1" fx:controller="javafxapplication1.FXMLDocumentController">
<top>
<VBox prefHeight="235.0" prefWidth="543.0" BorderPane.alignment="CENTER">
<children>
<MenuBar>
<menus>
<Menu mnemonicParsing="false" text="File">
<items>
<MenuItem mnemonicParsing="false" text="Close" />
</items>
</Menu>
<Menu mnemonicParsing="false" text="Edit">
<items>
<MenuItem mnemonicParsing="false" text="Delete" />
</items>
</Menu>
<Menu mnemonicParsing="false" text="Help">
<items>
<MenuItem mnemonicParsing="false" text="About" />
</items>
</Menu>
</menus>
</MenuBar>
<TableView prefHeight="210.0" prefWidth="634.0">
<columns>
<TableColumn prefWidth="75.0" text="C1" />
<TableColumn prefWidth="75.0" text="C2" />
</columns>
<VBox.margin>
<Insets left="2.0" right="2.0" />
</VBox.margin>
</TableView>
</children>
</VBox>
</top>
<bottom>
<VBox prefHeight="160.0" prefWidth="676.0" BorderPane.alignment="CENTER">
<children>
<HBox prefHeight="22.0" prefWidth="625.0">
<children>
<Text strokeType="OUTSIDE" strokeWidth="0.0" text="Date:" wrappingWidth="83.462890625">
<HBox.margin>
<Insets left="5.0" right="20.0" />
</HBox.margin>
</Text>
<Label onMouseClicked="#setTimeDate" />
<Text strokeType="OUTSIDE" strokeWidth="0.0" text="Time:" wrappingWidth="73.40625" />
<Text strokeType="OUTSIDE" strokeWidth="0.0" text="Call:" wrappingWidth="122.94921875">
<HBox.margin>
<Insets left="5.0" />
</HBox.margin>
</Text>
<Text strokeType="OUTSIDE" strokeWidth="0.0" text="Band:" wrappingWidth="58.443359375" />
<Text strokeType="OUTSIDE" strokeWidth="0.0" text="Freq:" wrappingWidth="106.974609375" />
<Text strokeType="OUTSIDE" strokeWidth="0.0" text="Location:" />
</children>
</HBox>
<HBox prefHeight="35.0" prefWidth="625.0">
<children>
<TextField id="dateText" fx:id="dateText" prefHeight="25.0" prefWidth="94.0">
<HBox.margin>
<Insets left="5.0" />
</HBox.margin>
</TextField>
<TextField fx:id="time" layoutX="10.0" layoutY="10.0" prefHeight="25.0" prefWidth="71.0">
<padding>
<Insets left="5.0" />
</padding>
<HBox.margin>
<Insets left="10.0" right="10.0" />
</HBox.margin>
</TextField>
<TextField layoutX="104.0" layoutY="10.0" prefHeight="25.0" prefWidth="101.0">
<HBox.margin>
<Insets right="10.0" />
</HBox.margin>
</TextField>
<ComboBox fx:id="band" prefHeight="25.0" prefWidth="57.0">
<HBox.margin>
<Insets right="10.0" />
</HBox.margin>
</ComboBox>
<TextField layoutX="306.0" layoutY="10.0" prefHeight="25.0" prefWidth="101.0">
<HBox.margin>
<Insets right="10.0" />
</HBox.margin>
</TextField>
<TextField layoutX="306.0" layoutY="10.0" prefHeight="25.0" prefWidth="101.0" />
</children>
</HBox>
<HBox prefHeight="30.0" prefWidth="580.0">
<children>
<Text fill="#14bdd7" onMouseClicked="#setTimeDate" strokeType="OUTSIDE" strokeWidth="0.0" text="Use Current Date">
<HBox.margin>
<Insets right="20.0" />
</HBox.margin>
</Text>
<Text fill="#14bdd7" layoutX="10.0" layoutY="23.0" onMouseClicked="#setTime" strokeType="OUTSIDE" strokeWidth="0.0" text="Use Current Time" />
</children>
</HBox>
</children>
<BorderPane.margin>
<Insets left="5.0" right="5.0" />
</BorderPane.margin>
</VBox>
</bottom>
</BorderPane>
Any help would be appreciated! I am kind of new to this scene builder stuff and using javafx. I am just feeling my way around it. Thanks for the help!

Ok so i figured out the problem. I was creating a new instance of a combo box thus creating an empty one. Here is the method with the revised working code.
public void initialize(URL url, ResourceBundle rb) {
ObservableList<String> options =
FXCollections.observableArrayList(
"Option 1",
"Option 2",
"Option 3"
);
band.setItems(options);
}

Creating multiple tables independent from each other JavaFX/Scenebuilder [duplicate]

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Javafx tableview not showing data in all columns
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Closed 5 years ago.
I am trying to build 3 different tables the will be be independent from each other. For some reason the cells are showing but are blank. Any idea what I am doing wrong?
Main:
package application;
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.fxml.FXMLLoader;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.layout.BorderPane;
public class Main extends Application {
#Override
public void start(Stage primaryStage) {
try {
BorderPane root = (BorderPane)FXMLLoader.load(getClass().getResource("GUISCENEBUILDER.fxml"));
Scene scene = new Scene(root,850,700);
scene.getStylesheets().add(getClass().getResource("application.css").toExternalForm());
primaryStage.setScene(scene);
primaryStage.setTitle("Switch Utility");
primaryStage.show();
} catch(Exception e) {
Logger.getLogger(Main.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE,null,e);
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
Application.launch(Main.class, (java.lang.String[]) null);
}
}
Product class: (Bad naming convention) (Going to change it to Press1)
package application;
import javafx.beans.property.SimpleStringProperty;
public class Product {
private final SimpleStringProperty windowTime;
public Product(String windowTimes) {
this.windowTime = new SimpleStringProperty(windowTimes);
}
public String getwindowTime() {
return windowTime.get();
}
public void setwindowTime(String newTime) {
windowTime.set(newTime);
}
Press2 class:
package application;
import javafx.beans.property.SimpleStringProperty;
public class Press2 {
private final SimpleStringProperty windowTime2;
public Press2(String windowTimes2) {
this.windowTime2 = new SimpleStringProperty(windowTimes2);
}
public String getwindowTime2() {
return windowTime2.get();
}
public void setwindowTime2(String newTime) {
windowTime2.set(newTime);
}
}
Press3:
package application;
import javafx.beans.property.SimpleStringProperty;
public class Press3 {
private final SimpleStringProperty windowTime3;
public Press3(String windowTimes3) {
this.windowTime3 = new SimpleStringProperty(windowTimes3);
}
public String getwindowTime2() {
return windowTime3.get();
}
public void setwindowTime2(String newTime) {
windowTime3.set(newTime);
}
}
TableViewController:
package application;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.ResourceBundle;
import javafx.collections.FXCollections;
import javafx.collections.ObservableList;
import javafx.fxml.FXML;
import javafx.fxml.Initializable;
import javafx.scene.control.TableColumn;
import javafx.scene.control.TableView;
import javafx.scene.control.cell.PropertyValueFactory;
public class TableViewController implements Initializable {
//Defining table
#FXML
private TableView<Product> tableID;
#FXML
private TableView<Press2> tableID2;
#FXML
private TableView<Press3> tableID3;
#FXML
private TableColumn<Product, String> windowTime;
#FXML
private TableColumn<Press2, String> windowTime2;
#FXML
private TableColumn<Press3, String> windowTime3;
/*
* Creating all the table data
*/
final ObservableList<Product> data = FXCollections.observableArrayList(
new Product("7:00am - 8:30am"),
new Product("10:00am - 11:10am"),
new Product("12:00pm - 1:30pm"),
new Product("3:00pm - 4:30pm")
);
final ObservableList<Press2> data2 = FXCollections.observableArrayList(
new Press2("8:00am - 8:30am"),
new Press2("10:00am - 11:10am"),
new Press2("12:00pm - 1:30pm"),
new Press2("3:00pm - 4:30pm")
);
final ObservableList<Press3> data3 = FXCollections.observableArrayList(
new Press3("9:00am - 8:30am"),
new Press3("10:00am - 11:10am"),
new Press3("12:00pm - 1:30pm"),
new Press3("3:00pm - 4:30pm")
);
/**
* Initializes the controller class. This method is automatically called
* after the fxml file has been loaded.
*/
#Override
public void initialize(URL location, ResourceBundle resources) {
windowTime.setCellValueFactory(new PropertyValueFactory<Product, String>("windowTime"));
windowTime2.setCellValueFactory(new PropertyValueFactory<Press2, String>("windowTime2"));
windowTime3.setCellValueFactory(new PropertyValueFactory<Press3, String>("windowTime3"));
tableID.setItems(data);
tableID2.setItems(data2);
tableID3.setItems(data3);
}
}
FXML:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<?import javafx.scene.Cursor?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.Button?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.Label?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.Tab?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.TabPane?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.TableColumn?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.TableView?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.TextField?>
<?import javafx.scene.effect.DropShadow?>
<?import javafx.scene.effect.InnerShadow?>
<?import javafx.scene.image.Image?>
<?import javafx.scene.image.ImageView?>
<?import javafx.scene.layout.AnchorPane?>
<?import javafx.scene.layout.BorderPane?>
<?import javafx.scene.layout.Pane?>
<?import javafx.scene.paint.LinearGradient?>
<?import javafx.scene.paint.Stop?>
<?import javafx.scene.text.Font?>
<BorderPane maxHeight="-Infinity" maxWidth="-Infinity" minHeight="-Infinity" minWidth="-Infinity" prefHeight="700.0" prefWidth="850.0" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/8.0.111" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1" fx:controller="application.TableViewController">
<center>
<TabPane prefHeight="472.0" prefWidth="850.0" tabClosingPolicy="UNAVAILABLE" BorderPane.alignment="CENTER">
<tabs>
<Tab text="Indigo">
<content>
<AnchorPane minHeight="0.0" minWidth="0.0" prefHeight="526.0" prefWidth="805.0">
<children>
<ImageView fitHeight="559.0" fitWidth="850.0" layoutY="-7.0">
<image>
<Image url="#../../bin/application/1.jpg" />
</image>
</ImageView>
<TableView fx:id="tableID" layoutX="651.0" layoutY="44.0" prefHeight="237.0" prefWidth="134.0">
<columns>
<TableColumn fx:id="windowTime" prefWidth="75.0" text="Window Times" />
</columns>
<columnResizePolicy>
<TableView fx:constant="CONSTRAINED_RESIZE_POLICY" />
</columnResizePolicy>
</TableView>
<TextField layoutX="14.0" layoutY="55.0" prefHeight="25.0" prefWidth="475.0" promptText="C:\Users\ASUprint\Desktop\Enfocus\Switch\ASU Print Online\Output\Ready for Print" />
<Button layoutX="501.0" layoutY="55.0" mnemonicParsing="false" prefHeight="25.0" prefWidth="77.0" text="Browse" />
<TextField layoutX="14.0" layoutY="87.0" prefHeight="25.0" prefWidth="475.0" promptText="J:\CMYK+Spot" />
<Button layoutX="501.0" layoutY="87.0" mnemonicParsing="false" prefHeight="25.0" prefWidth="77.0" text="Browse" />
<Label layoutX="14.0" layoutY="21.0" text="Connection 1:" underline="true">
<font>
<Font name="Lucida Sans Demibold" size="20.0" />
</font>
</Label>
<TextField layoutX="14.0" layoutY="166.0" prefHeight="25.0" prefWidth="475.0" promptText="C:\Users\ASUprint\Desktop\Enfocus\Switch\ASU Print Online\Output\Ready for Print" />
<Button layoutX="501.0" layoutY="166.0" mnemonicParsing="false" prefHeight="25.0" prefWidth="77.0" text="Browse" />
<TextField layoutX="14.0" layoutY="198.0" prefHeight="25.0" prefWidth="475.0" promptText="J:\CMYK+Spot" />
<Button layoutX="501.0" layoutY="198.0" mnemonicParsing="false" prefHeight="25.0" prefWidth="77.0" text="Browse" />
<Label layoutX="14.0" layoutY="132.0" text="Connection 2:" underline="true">
<font>
<Font name="Lucida Sans Demibold" size="20.0" />
</font>
</Label>
<TextField layoutX="14.0" layoutY="276.0" prefHeight="25.0" prefWidth="475.0" promptText="C:\Users\ASUprint\Desktop\Enfocus\Switch\ASU Print Online\Output\Ready for Print" />
<Button layoutX="501.0" layoutY="276.0" mnemonicParsing="false" prefHeight="25.0" prefWidth="77.0" text="Browse" />
<TextField layoutX="14.0" layoutY="308.0" prefHeight="25.0" prefWidth="475.0" promptText="J:\CMYK+Spot" />
<Button layoutX="501.0" layoutY="308.0" mnemonicParsing="false" prefHeight="25.0" prefWidth="77.0" text="Browse" />
<Label layoutX="14.0" layoutY="242.0" text="Connection 3:" underline="true">
<font>
<Font name="Lucida Sans Demibold" size="20.0" />
</font>
</Label>
<TextField layoutX="14.0" layoutY="387.0" prefHeight="25.0" prefWidth="475.0" promptText="C:\Users\ASUprint\Desktop\Enfocus\Switch\ASU Print Online\Output\Ready for Print" />
<Button layoutX="501.0" layoutY="387.0" mnemonicParsing="false" prefHeight="25.0" prefWidth="77.0" text="Browse" />
<TextField layoutX="14.0" layoutY="419.0" prefHeight="25.0" prefWidth="475.0" promptText="J:\CMYK+Spot" />
<Button layoutX="501.0" layoutY="419.0" mnemonicParsing="false" prefHeight="25.0" prefWidth="77.0" text="Browse" />
<Label layoutX="14.0" layoutY="353.0" text="Connection 4:" underline="true">
<font>
<Font name="Lucida Sans Demibold" size="20.0" />
</font>
</Label>
</children>
</AnchorPane>
</content>
</Tab>
<Tab text="iGen">
<content>
<AnchorPane minHeight="0.0" minWidth="0.0" prefHeight="180.0" prefWidth="200.0">
<children>
<ImageView fitHeight="561.0" fitWidth="850.0" layoutY="-7.0">
<image>
<Image url="#../../bin/application/1.jpg" />
</image>
</ImageView>
<TableView fx:id="tableID2" layoutX="651.0" layoutY="44.0" prefHeight="237.0" prefWidth="134.0">
<columns>
<TableColumn fx:id="windowTime2" prefWidth="75.0" text="Window Times" />
</columns>
<columnResizePolicy>
<TableView fx:constant="CONSTRAINED_RESIZE_POLICY" />
</columnResizePolicy>
</TableView>
<TextField layoutX="14.0" layoutY="55.0" prefHeight="25.0" prefWidth="475.0" promptText="C:\Users\ASUprint\Desktop\Enfocus\Switch\ASU Print Online\Envelopes\10x13 for Press" />
<Button layoutX="501.0" layoutY="55.0" mnemonicParsing="false" prefHeight="25.0" prefWidth="77.0" text="Browse" />
<TextField layoutX="14.0" layoutY="87.0" prefHeight="25.0" prefWidth="475.0" promptText="J:\10 x 13 Envelopes" />
<Button layoutX="501.0" layoutY="87.0" mnemonicParsing="false" prefHeight="25.0" prefWidth="77.0" text="Browse" />
<Label layoutX="14.0" layoutY="21.0" text="Connection 1:" underline="true">
<font>
<Font name="Lucida Sans Demibold" size="20.0" />
</font>
</Label>
<TextField layoutX="14.0" layoutY="166.0" prefHeight="25.0" prefWidth="475.0" promptText="C:\Users\ASUprint\Desktop\Enfocus\Switch\ASU Print Online\Envelopes\10x13 for Press" />
<Button layoutX="501.0" layoutY="166.0" mnemonicParsing="false" prefHeight="25.0" prefWidth="77.0" text="Browse" />
<TextField layoutX="14.0" layoutY="198.0" prefHeight="25.0" prefWidth="475.0" promptText="J:\10 x 13 Envelopes" />
<Button layoutX="501.0" layoutY="198.0" mnemonicParsing="false" prefHeight="25.0" prefWidth="77.0" text="Browse" />
<Label layoutX="14.0" layoutY="132.0" text="Connection 2:" underline="true">
<font>
<Font name="Lucida Sans Demibold" size="20.0" />
</font>
</Label>
<TextField layoutX="14.0" layoutY="276.0" prefHeight="25.0" prefWidth="475.0" promptText="C:\Users\ASUprint\Desktop\Enfocus\Switch\ASU Print Online\Envelopes\10x13 for Press" />
<Button layoutX="501.0" layoutY="276.0" mnemonicParsing="false" prefHeight="25.0" prefWidth="77.0" text="Browse" />
<TextField layoutX="14.0" layoutY="308.0" prefHeight="25.0" prefWidth="475.0" promptText="J:\10 x 13 Envelopes" />
<Button layoutX="501.0" layoutY="308.0" mnemonicParsing="false" prefHeight="25.0" prefWidth="77.0" text="Browse" />
<Label layoutX="14.0" layoutY="242.0" text="Connection 3:" underline="true">
<font>
<Font name="Lucida Sans Demibold" size="20.0" />
</font>
</Label>
<TextField layoutX="14.0" layoutY="387.0" prefHeight="25.0" prefWidth="475.0" promptText="C:\Users\ASUprint\Desktop\Enfocus\Switch\ASU Print Online\Envelopes\10x13 for Press" />
<Button layoutX="501.0" layoutY="387.0" mnemonicParsing="false" prefHeight="25.0" prefWidth="77.0" text="Browse" />
<TextField layoutX="14.0" layoutY="419.0" prefHeight="25.0" prefWidth="475.0" promptText="J:\10 x 13 Envelopes" />
<Button layoutX="501.0" layoutY="419.0" mnemonicParsing="false" prefHeight="25.0" prefWidth="77.0" text="Browse" />
<Label layoutX="14.0" layoutY="353.0" text="Connection 4:" underline="true">
<font>
<Font name="Lucida Sans Demibold" size="20.0" />
</font>
</Label>
</children>
</AnchorPane>
</content>
</Tab>
<Tab text="Memjet">
<content>
<AnchorPane minHeight="0.0" minWidth="0.0" prefHeight="180.0" prefWidth="200.0">
<children>
<ImageView fitHeight="559.0" fitWidth="850.0" layoutY="-7.0">
<image>
<Image url="#../../bin/application/1.jpg" />
</image>
</ImageView>
<TableView fx:id="tableID3" layoutX="651.0" layoutY="44.0" prefHeight="237.0" prefWidth="134.0">
<columns>
<TableColumn fx:id="windowTime3" prefWidth="75.0" text="Window Times" />
</columns>
<columnResizePolicy>
<TableView fx:constant="CONSTRAINED_RESIZE_POLICY" />
</columnResizePolicy>
</TableView>
<TextField layoutX="14.0" layoutY="55.0" prefHeight="25.0" prefWidth="475.0" promptText="C:\Users\ASUprint\Desktop\Enfocus\Switch\ASU Print Online\Envelopes\10x13 for Press" />
<Button layoutX="501.0" layoutY="55.0" mnemonicParsing="false" prefHeight="25.0" prefWidth="77.0" text="Browse" />
<TextField layoutX="14.0" layoutY="87.0" prefHeight="25.0" prefWidth="475.0" promptText="A:\" />
<Button layoutX="501.0" layoutY="87.0" mnemonicParsing="false" prefHeight="25.0" prefWidth="77.0" text="Browse" />
<Label layoutX="14.0" layoutY="21.0" text="Connection 1:" underline="true">
<font>
<Font name="Lucida Sans Demibold" size="20.0" />
</font>
</Label>
<TextField layoutX="14.0" layoutY="166.0" prefHeight="25.0" prefWidth="475.0" promptText="C:\Users\ASUprint\Desktop\Enfocus\Switch\ASU Print Online\Envelopes\10x13 for Press" />
<Button layoutX="501.0" layoutY="166.0" mnemonicParsing="false" prefHeight="25.0" prefWidth="77.0" text="Browse" />
<TextField layoutX="14.0" layoutY="198.0" prefHeight="25.0" prefWidth="475.0" promptText="A:\" />
<Button layoutX="501.0" layoutY="198.0" mnemonicParsing="false" prefHeight="25.0" prefWidth="77.0" text="Browse" />
<Label layoutX="14.0" layoutY="132.0" text="Connection 2:" underline="true">
<font>
<Font name="Lucida Sans Demibold" size="20.0" />
</font>
</Label>
<TextField layoutX="14.0" layoutY="276.0" prefHeight="25.0" prefWidth="475.0" promptText="C:\Users\ASUprint\Desktop\Enfocus\Switch\ASU Print Online\Envelopes\10x13 for Press" />
<Button layoutX="501.0" layoutY="276.0" mnemonicParsing="false" prefHeight="25.0" prefWidth="77.0" text="Browse" />
<TextField layoutX="14.0" layoutY="308.0" prefHeight="25.0" prefWidth="475.0" promptText="J:\10 x 13 Envelopes" />
<Button layoutX="501.0" layoutY="308.0" mnemonicParsing="false" prefHeight="25.0" prefWidth="77.0" text="Browse" />
<Label layoutX="14.0" layoutY="242.0" text="Connection 3:" underline="true">
<font>
<Font name="Lucida Sans Demibold" size="20.0" />
</font>
</Label>
<TextField layoutX="14.0" layoutY="387.0" prefHeight="25.0" prefWidth="475.0" promptText="C:\Users\ASUprint\Desktop\Enfocus\Switch\ASU Print Online\Envelopes\10x13 for Press" />
<Button layoutX="501.0" layoutY="387.0" mnemonicParsing="false" prefHeight="25.0" prefWidth="77.0" text="Browse" />
<TextField layoutX="14.0" layoutY="419.0" prefHeight="25.0" prefWidth="475.0" promptText="A:\" />
<Button layoutX="501.0" layoutY="419.0" mnemonicParsing="false" prefHeight="25.0" prefWidth="77.0" text="Browse" />
<Label layoutX="14.0" layoutY="353.0" text="Connection 4:" underline="true">
<font>
<Font name="Lucida Sans Demibold" size="20.0" />
</font>
</Label>
</children>
</AnchorPane>
</content>
</Tab>
</tabs>
</TabPane>
</center>
<top>
<Pane prefHeight="126.0" prefWidth="850.0" BorderPane.alignment="CENTER">
<children>
<ImageView fitHeight="126.0" fitWidth="850.0">
<image>
<Image url="#../../bin/application/1.1.jpg" />
</image>
</ImageView>
<Button layoutX="489.0" layoutY="23.0" mnemonicParsing="false" style="-fx-background-color: #C9CED9;" text="Start">
<font>
<Font size="38.0" />
</font>
<effect>
<InnerShadow blurType="ONE_PASS_BOX" color="WHITE" height="27.06" radius="6.265" width="0.0">
<input>
<DropShadow blurType="TWO_PASS_BOX" />
</input></InnerShadow>
</effect>
<cursor>
<Cursor fx:constant="HAND" />
</cursor>
<textFill>
<LinearGradient cycleMethod="REFLECT" endX="0.8523809523809524" startX="0.8333333333333334" startY="0.5523809523809524">
<stops>
<Stop color="#0a9e3b" />
<Stop color="#455445" offset="0.9961685823754789" />
<Stop color="#455445" offset="1.0" />
</stops>
</LinearGradient>
</textFill>
</Button>
<Button depthTest="ENABLE" layoutX="639.0" layoutY="23.0" mnemonicParsing="false" style="-fx-background-color: #C9CED9;" text="Stop">
<font>
<Font size="38.0" />
</font>
<effect>
<InnerShadow blurType="ONE_PASS_BOX" color="WHITE" height="27.06" radius="6.265" width="0.0">
<input>
<DropShadow blurType="TWO_PASS_BOX" />
</input></InnerShadow>
</effect>
<cursor>
<Cursor fx:constant="HAND" />
</cursor>
<textFill>
<LinearGradient cycleMethod="REFLECT" endX="0.8523809523809524" startX="0.8333333333333334" startY="0.5523809523809524">
<stops>
<Stop color="#c33838" />
<Stop color="#455445" offset="0.9961685823754789" />
<Stop color="#455445" offset="1.0" />
</stops>
</LinearGradient>
</textFill>
</Button>
<ImageView fitHeight="118.0" fitWidth="300.0" layoutX="14.0" layoutY="5.0" pickOnBounds="true" preserveRatio="true">
<image>
<Image url="#../../bin/application/ASU_PrintImagingLab_Horiz_RGB_MaroonGold_150ppi.png" />
</image>
</ImageView>
</children>
<cursor>
<Cursor fx:constant="DEFAULT" />
</cursor>
</Pane>
</top>
</BorderPane>

JavaFX DatePicker returning null

So I looked through questions and found this one, which was similar to my problem, but didn't address my issues as I haven't initialized my date pickers in my java file.
I created a date picker. Its fx:id in the fxml file matches its name in the corresponding controller. For some reason, whether I manually type a value or select a date from the calendar, datePicker.getValue() ALWAYS returns null. Can anyone think of why this might be happening?
My code is exactly as the situation I've described here. I have a DatePicker called lowEndDate. I have not initialized it. Upon the click of a button, I want to get its value, but it returns null. Does anyone have any idea why this might be? Perhaps I've missed a step. Thank you.
FXML:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<?import java.lang.*?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.*?>
<?import javafx.scene.layout.*?>
<?import javafx.scene.text.*?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.Button?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.Label?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.ListView?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.SplitPane?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.TextArea?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.TextField?>
<?import javafx.scene.layout.AnchorPane?>
<?import javafx.scene.text.Font?>
<SplitPane dividerPositions="0.22122571001494767" maxHeight="-Infinity" maxWidth="-Infinity" minHeight="-Infinity" minWidth="-Infinity" prefHeight="395.0" prefWidth="671.0" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/8" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1" fx:controller="view.UserMainController">
<items>
<AnchorPane minHeight="0.0" minWidth="0.0" prefHeight="398.0" prefWidth="175.0">
<children>
<Button fx:id="logOut" layoutX="35.0" layoutY="261.0" mnemonicParsing="false" onAction="#logOutButtonClicked" text="Log Out">
<font>
<Font size="15.0" />
</font>
</Button>
<Label layoutX="52.0" layoutY="44.0" text="user:">
<font>
<Font size="19.0" />
</font>
</Label>
<Label fx:id="username" layoutX="16.0" layoutY="76.0" prefHeight="32.0" prefWidth="116.0" textAlignment="CENTER">
<font>
<Font size="25.0" />
</font>
</Label>
</children></AnchorPane>
<AnchorPane minHeight="0.0" minWidth="0.0" prefHeight="442.0" prefWidth="457.0">
<children>
<ListView fx:id="albumListView" layoutY="-2.0" prefHeight="335.0" prefWidth="292.0" />
<Button fx:id="deleteButton" layoutX="115.0" layoutY="348.0" mnemonicParsing="false" onAction="#deleteButtonClicked" prefHeight="31.0" prefWidth="68.0" text="Delete">
<font>
<Font size="15.0" />
</font>
</Button>
<AnchorPane layoutX="292.0" prefHeight="335.0" prefWidth="169.0">
<children>
<Label fx:id="albums" layoutX="73.0" layoutY="44.0" text="Albums">
<font>
<Font size="22.0" />
</font>
</Label>
<Label fx:id="addSuccess" layoutX="99.0" layoutY="212.0" text="ADD SUCCESSFUL" textFill="#2bee34" visible="false" />
<Label fx:id="addFail" layoutX="81.0" layoutY="212.0" text="ALBUM EXISTS. TRY AGAIN" textFill="#d01313" visible="false" />
<AnchorPane fx:id="createAlbumAnchor" layoutY="7.0" prefHeight="335.0" prefWidth="169.0" visible="false">
<children>
<Label layoutX="46.0" layoutY="39.0" text="Create Album">
<font>
<Font size="22.0" />
</font>
</Label>
<Button fx:id="albumCreate" layoutX="46.0" layoutY="229.0" mnemonicParsing="false" onAction="#OKButtonClicked" text="OK">
<font>
<Font size="15.0" />
</font>
</Button>
<Button fx:id="back" layoutX="121.0" layoutY="229.0" mnemonicParsing="false" onAction="#backButtonClicked" text="Back">
<font>
<Font size="15.0" />
</font>
</Button>
<TextField fx:id="newAlbumName" layoutX="38.0" layoutY="115.0" promptText="Album name" />
<Label fx:id="mustInputText" layoutX="64.0" layoutY="160.0" text="MUST INPUT TEXT" textFill="#cd1515" visible="false" />
</children>
</AnchorPane>
<AnchorPane fx:id="searchAnchor" layoutX="4.0" layoutY="7.0" prefHeight="321.0" prefWidth="212.0">
<children>
<Label layoutX="74.0" layoutY="35.0" text="Search">
<font>
<Font size="22.0" />
</font>
</Label>
<Label layoutX="76.0" layoutY="67.0" text="Date Range" />
<Label layoutX="91.0" layoutY="123.0" text="to" />
<Label layoutX="91.0" layoutY="185.0" text="Tags" />
<TextArea fx:id="tags" layoutX="24.0" layoutY="208.0" prefHeight="71.0" prefWidth="166.0" promptText="ex: healthy,happy,nyc" />
<Button fx:id="searchOK" layoutX="48.0" layoutY="282.0" mnemonicParsing="false" onAction="#searchOKButtonClicked" text="OK" />
<Button fx:id="searchBack" layoutX="118.0" layoutY="282.0" mnemonicParsing="false" onAction="#searchBackButtonClicked" text="Back" />
<DatePicker fx:id="highEndDate" layoutX="20.0" layoutY="92.0" promptText="dd/mm/yyyy" />**
<DatePicker fx:id="lowEndDate" layoutX="20.0" layoutY="148.0" promptText="dd/mm/yyyy" />
</children>
</AnchorPane>
</children>
</AnchorPane>
<Button fx:id="createButton" layoutX="21.0" layoutY="348.0" mnemonicParsing="false" onAction="#createButtonClicked" text="Create">
<font>
<Font size="15.0" />
</font>
</Button>
<Button fx:id="searchButton" layoutX="212.0" layoutY="348.0" mnemonicParsing="false" onAction="#searchButtonClicked" text="Search">
<font>
<Font size="15.0" />
</font>
</Button>
</children></AnchorPane>
</items>
</SplitPane>
Code:
public void searchOKButtonClicked(ActionEvent e){
boolean searchComplete = false;
User currentUser = LoginController.currentUser;
if((lowEndDate.getValue() == null) && (highEndDate.getValue() == null) && ((tags == null) || tags.getText().trim().isEmpty())){
Alert alert = new Alert(AlertType.ERROR);
alert.setContentText("Oops! At least one field is required to search.");
alert.show();
}
}
The trouble here: lowEndDate and highEndDate are ALWAYS null, regardless of input.

Sara, I've tested your fxml file using this simple project
Main
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.fxml.FXMLLoader;
import javafx.scene.Parent;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
public class Main extends Application {
#Override
public void start(Stage primaryStage) throws Exception{
Parent root = FXMLLoader.load(getClass().getResource("sample2.fxml"));
primaryStage.setTitle("Hello World");
primaryStage.setScene(new Scene(root));
primaryStage.show();
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
launch(args);
}
}
Controller
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.ResourceBundle;
import javafx.event.ActionEvent;
import javafx.fxml.FXML;
import javafx.fxml.Initializable;
import javafx.scene.control.Alert;
import javafx.scene.control.Alert.AlertType;
import javafx.scene.control.DatePicker;
public class Controller implements Initializable {
#FXML
DatePicker lowEndDate;
public void searchOKButtonClicked(ActionEvent e){
Alert alert = new Alert(AlertType.ERROR);
alert.setContentText("Oops! At least one field is required to search. " + " " + lowEndDate.getValue());
alert.show();
}
#Override
public void initialize(URL arg0, ResourceBundle arg1) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
}
}
In your fxml, I've changed the naming in the two datepickers, I think that lowEndDate must be above highEndDate
<DatePicker fx:id="lowEndDate" layoutX="20.0" layoutY="92.0" promptText="dd/mm/yyyy" />
<DatePicker fx:id="highEndDate" layoutX="20.0" layoutY="148.0" promptText="dd/mm/yyyy" />
This is the result that I've obtained when I introduce a date
Maybe you have an error in another part of your controller but the datepickers seem to work fine.

Javafx program error when controller class is added

I'm building an application using JavaFx and scene builder, however everything works fine, except when I add the Controller class.
I get the following error:
Exception in Application start method Exception in thread "main"
java.lang.RuntimeException: Exception in Application start method at
com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.launchApplication1(LauncherImpl.java:875)
at
com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.lambda$launchApplication$147(LauncherImpl.java:157)
at
com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl$$Lambda$1/868693306.run(Unknown
Source) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) Caused by:
javafx.fxml.LoadException:
/C:/Users/M%20ROSE/Documents/Info%20Trivia/out/production/Info%20Trivia/sample/gameScene1.fxml:15
However the moment I remove the fx:controller attribute from this line in my fxml code it works perfectly.
<BorderPane maxHeight="450.0" maxWidth="800.0" minHeight="450.0" minWidth="800.0" prefHeight="400.0" prefWidth="800.0" styleClass="questionInstance" stylesheets="#style.css" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/8" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1" fx:controller="sample.Controller">
Here are the relevant codes
Controller Class
package sample;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.image.Image;
import javafx.scene.image.ImageView;
import javafx.scene.shape.* ;
import javafx.geometry.* ;
import javafx.scene.text.* ;
import javafx.scene.image.* ;
import javafx.scene.control.* ;
import java.lang.* ;
import javafx.scene.layout.* ;
import javafx.geometry.Insets ;
import javafx.scene.layout.GridPane ;
import javafx.scene.control.Button ;
import javafx.scene.control.Label ;
public class Controller {
//Initialize fxml controls
public Button trueButton;
public Button falseButton;
public Label playerLabel;
public Label questionLabel;
public Label scoreValue;
public ImageView questionImage;
public Rectangle redBar;
public Rectangle greenBar;
//Create array for level 1 questions
String[][] levelOneData = {
{"This is a Sequence Diagram","f", null},
{"This diagram is for a database","t", null},
{"This is a rack diagram","t", null},
{"This is a flow chart","f", null},
{"This is a kind of UML diagram","t", null}
};
Image[] levelOneImages = new Image[] {
new Image("res/images/l1q1.png"),
new Image("res/images/l1q2.png"),
new Image("res/images/l1q3.png"),
new Image("res/images/l1q4.png"),
new Image("res/images/l1q5.png")
};
public void levelOneInitializer(){
questionLabel.setText(levelOneData[0][0]);
questionImage.setImage(levelOneImages[0]);
System.out.println("done");
}
}
Main Class
package sample;
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.fxml.FXMLLoader;
import javafx.scene.Parent;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
public class Main extends Application {
#Override
public void start(Stage primaryStage) throws Exception{
Parent root = FXMLLoader.load(getClass().getResource("gameScene1.fxml"));
primaryStage.setTitle("Info Trivia");
primaryStage.setScene(new Scene(root, 800, 450));
primaryStage.setResizable(false);
primaryStage.show();
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
launch(args);
}
}
gameScene1.fxml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<?import javafx.scene.shape.*?>
<?import javafx.geometry.*?>
<?import javafx.scene.text.*?>
<?import javafx.scene.image.*?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.*?>
<?import java.lang.*?>
<?import javafx.scene.layout.*?>
<?import javafx.geometry.Insets?>
<?import javafx.scene.layout.GridPane?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.Button?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.Label?>
<BorderPane maxHeight="450.0" maxWidth="800.0" minHeight="450.0" minWidth="800.0" prefHeight="400.0" prefWidth="800.0" styleClass="questionInstance" stylesheets="#style.css" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/8" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1" fx:controller="sample.Controller">
<top>
<HBox styleClass="questheader" BorderPane.alignment="CENTER">
<children>
<ImageView pickOnBounds="true" preserveRatio="true">
<image>
<Image url="#res/images/userICon.png" />
</image>
</ImageView>
<Label id="playerName" fx:id="playerLabel" text="Player 1" textFill="#a2c2b1">
<font>
<Font name="Arial" size="24.0" />
</font>
</Label>
<Region prefHeight="0.0" prefWidth="382.0" />
<Label id="ScoreLabel" layoutX="40.0" layoutY="10.0" text="Score: " textFill="#a2c2b1">
<font>
<Font name="Arial" size="24.0" />
</font>
</Label>
<Label id="scoreValue" fx:id="scoreValue" layoutX="129.0" layoutY="10.0" text="0" textFill="#a2c2b1">
<font>
<Font name="Arial" size="24.0" />
</font>
</Label>
</children>
<BorderPane.margin>
<Insets left="50.0" right="50.0" />
</BorderPane.margin>
<padding>
<Insets bottom="10.0" left="15.0" right="15.0" top="10.0" />
</padding>
</HBox>
</top>
<left>
<StackPane prefHeight="150.0" prefWidth="200.0" BorderPane.alignment="CENTER">
<BorderPane.margin>
<Insets left="50.0" />
</BorderPane.margin>
<children>
<ImageView fx:id="questionImage" pickOnBounds="true" preserveRatio="true">
<image>
<Image url="#res/images/blankimage.png" />
</image>
<StackPane.margin>
<Insets left="35.0" />
</StackPane.margin>
</ImageView>
</children>
</StackPane>
</left>
<bottom>
<HBox BorderPane.alignment="CENTER">
<children>
<Rectangle fx:id="greenBar" arcHeight="5.0" arcWidth="5.0" fill="#34b316" height="28.0" stroke="BLACK" strokeType="INSIDE" strokeWidth="0.0" width="10.0" />
<Rectangle fx:id="redBar" arcHeight="5.0" arcWidth="5.0" fill="#a93535" height="28.0" stroke="BLACK" strokeType="INSIDE" strokeWidth="0.0" width="620.0" />
</children>
<padding>
<Insets bottom="40.0" left="85.0" right="85.0" />
</padding>
</HBox>
</bottom>
<center>
<BorderPane prefHeight="200.0" prefWidth="200.0" BorderPane.alignment="CENTER">
<BorderPane.margin>
<Insets right="85.0" />
</BorderPane.margin>
<top>
<StackPane prefHeight="150.0" prefWidth="200.0" BorderPane.alignment="CENTER">
<children>
<Label fx:id="questionLabel" text="This Is a Question" textFill="#191919">
<font>
<Font name="Arial" size="24.0" />
</font>
</Label>
</children>
</StackPane>
</top>
<center>
<HBox prefHeight="100.0" prefWidth="200.0" BorderPane.alignment="CENTER">
<children>
<Button fx:id="trueButton" mnemonicParsing="false" prefWidth="100.0" text="True">
<HBox.margin>
<Insets />
</HBox.margin>
</Button>
<Region prefWidth="200.0" />
<Button fx:id="falseButton" mnemonicParsing="false" prefWidth="100.0" text="False" />
</children>
<BorderPane.margin>
<Insets />
</BorderPane.margin>
<padding>
<Insets left="20.0" top="20.0" />
</padding>
</HBox>
</center>
</BorderPane>
</center>
</BorderPane>

You controller have to implement Initializable, Try with the following :
public class Controller implement Initializable{
//Initialize fxml controls
#FXML
public Button trueButton;
#FXML
public Button falseButton;
#FXML
public Label playerLabel;
#FXML
public Label questionLabel;
#FXML
public Label scoreValue;
#FXML
public ImageView questionImage;
#FXML
public Rectangle redBar;
#FXML
public Rectangle greenBar;
//Create array for level 1 questions
String[][] levelOneData = {
{"This is a Sequence Diagram","f", null},
{"This diagram is for a database","t", null},
{"This is a rack diagram","t", null},
{"This is a flow chart","f", null},
{"This is a kind of UML diagram","t", null}
};
Image[] levelOneImages = new Image[] {
new Image("res/images/l1q1.png"),
new Image("res/images/l1q2.png"),
new Image("res/images/l1q3.png"),
new Image("res/images/l1q4.png"),
new Image("res/images/l1q5.png")
};
public void levelOneInitializer(){
questionLabel.setText(levelOneData[0][0]);
questionImage.setImage(levelOneImages[0]);
System.out.println("done");
}
}