scenebuilder – Tarik Billa

Styling a JavaFX 2 button using FXML only – How to add an image to a button?

January 2, 2024 by Tarik

Solution using only fxml As tarrsalah points out, css is the recommended way of doing this, though you can also do it in fxml if you prefer: <?import java.lang.*?> <?import java.util.*?> <?import javafx.scene.control.*?> <?import javafx.scene.image.*?> <?import javafx.scene.layout.*?> <?import javafx.scene.paint.*?> <?import javafx.scene.text.*?> <AnchorPane id=”AnchorPane” maxHeight=”-Infinity” maxWidth=”-Infinity” minHeight=”-Infinity” minWidth=”-Infinity” prefHeight=”400.0″ prefWidth=”600.0″ xmlns:fx=”http://javafx.com/fxml”> <children> <Button layoutX=”104.0″ layoutY=”81.0″ mnemonicParsing=”false” … Read more

JavaFX scene builder 2: controller class

December 18, 2023 by Tarik

As you see on the image the controller menu moved on the left , below the Library List.

How to switch scenes in JavaFX

December 4, 2023 by Tarik

I wrote this controller to keep track of the different scenegraphes. public class ScreenController { private HashMap<String, Pane> screenMap = new HashMap<>(); private Scene main; public ScreenController(Scene main) { this.main = main; } protected void addScreen(String name, Pane pane){ screenMap.put(name, pane); } protected void removeScreen(String name){ screenMap.remove(name); } protected void activate(String name){ main.setRoot( screenMap.get(name) ); … Read more

Why would scenebuilder 2.0 fail to open my fxml file?

September 24, 2023 by Tarik

Okay.. so here I am searching for the solution for this weird problem! Seeing none of the other answers working for me, I did the random most thing I could think of and it worked. Open SceneBuilder (a brand new one). Go to File > Open Recent > Clear Menu. Close Scene Builder. Now the … Read more

Include ControlsFX in Scene Builder?

September 20, 2023 by Tarik

Yes you can. But unfortunately all ControlsFX controls are not supported by scene builder. An issue titled, “All controls should be supported by SceneBuilder” is currently opened with the ControlsFX team. Update Since SceneBuilder 8.2.0 you can directly search for an artifact from SceneBuilder and include them using the brand new Library Manager \o/ To … Read more

How to make window fullscreen/maximized in Scene Builder?

August 4, 2023 by Tarik

You cannot do that using Scene Builder, since maximize or fullScreen are properties of the Stage and not the layouts set on the scene. You can load and set the .fxml on the scene and later set the scene on the stage. The following methods can be used on the stage : setMaximized(boolean) – To … Read more

How to right align a button in Java FX toolbar

May 15, 2023 by Tarik

Add a pane with no content which always grows to fit available space between the left aligned tools in the bar and right aligned ones. <?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”UTF-8″?> <?import javafx.scene.control.*?> <?import javafx.scene.layout.*?> <ToolBar prefHeight=”40.0″ prefWidth=”318.0″ xmlns:fx=”http://javafx.com/fxml/1″ xmlns=”http://javafx.com/javafx/8″> <Button text=”Apples” /> <Button text=”Oranges” /> <Pane HBox.hgrow=”ALWAYS” /> <Button text=”Help” /> </ToolBar>

What’s the difference between fx:id and id: in JavaFX?

May 11, 2023 by Tarik

id you use to set a CSS ID to your Component, for example <Text id=”welcome-text” …/> and in your stylesheet you have something like #welcome-text { font-size: 16pt; } so this will be applied to your Text. fx:id you use if you want to work with your Components in your Controller class, where you annotate … Read more

Remove the default ‘no content in table’ text for empty javafx table

March 25, 2023 by Tarik

You are correct in that the TableView control does not have a String setter method that directly manipulates the text shown when the table is empty. What you will want to do instead is use the TableView’s placeholder property which can be set to any object of type Node. For example… myTableView.setPlaceholder(new Label(“My table is … Read more

Where has the JavaFX scene builder gone?

January 16, 2023 by Tarik

With JDK8u40, according to this: Starting with Oracle Java SE 8u40, Oracle does not provide a separate set of accompanying JavaFX Scene Builder binaries. If you would like to contribute changes, ideas or just let us know what you have done with the code, please consult the OpenJDK Community contribution guidelines and join the openjfx-dev … Read more