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Simple example of JavaFX ComboBox" with elements of String. This post demonstrate how to implement ComboBox for custom object, we have to override toString() method of the custom class to display text on the box, and also call setCellFactory() to supply Callback to display text on the drop-down ListView.
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| JavaFX ComboBox for custom object |
package javafxcombobox;
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.collections.FXCollections;
import javafx.collections.ObservableList;
import javafx.event.ActionEvent;
import javafx.event.EventHandler;
import javafx.geometry.Insets;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.Button;
import javafx.scene.control.ComboBox;
import javafx.scene.control.Label;
import javafx.scene.control.ListCell;
import javafx.scene.control.ListView;
import javafx.scene.layout.StackPane;
import javafx.scene.layout.VBox;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
import javafx.util.Callback;
/**
* @web http://java-buddy.blogspot.com/
*/
public class JavaFXComboBox extends Application {
class Site{
String name;
String webaddr;
Site(String n, String a){
name = n;
webaddr = a;
}
@Override
public String toString() {
return name;
}
}
ObservableList<Site> siteList =
FXCollections.observableArrayList(
new Site("Google", "http://www.google.com"),
new Site("MicroSoft", "http://www.microsoft.com"),
new Site("Apple", "http://www.apple.com"),
new Site("Java-Buddy", "http://java-buddy.blogspot.com/")
);
@Override
public void start(Stage primaryStage) {
final ComboBox comboBox = new ComboBox(siteList);
comboBox.getSelectionModel().selectFirst(); //select the first element
comboBox.setCellFactory(new Callback<ListView<Site>,ListCell<Site>>(){
@Override
public ListCell<Site> call(ListView<Site> p) {
final ListCell<Site> cell = new ListCell<Site>(){
@Override
protected void updateItem(Site t, boolean bln) {
super.updateItem(t, bln);
if(t != null){
setText(t.name + ":" + t.webaddr);
}else{
setText(null);
}
}
};
return cell;
}
});
final Label label = new Label();
Button btn = new Button();
btn.setText("Read comboBox");
btn.setOnAction(new EventHandler<ActionEvent>() {
@Override
public void handle(ActionEvent event) {
label.setText("selected: " + comboBox.getValue());
}
});
VBox vBox = new VBox();
vBox.setPadding(new Insets(5, 5, 5, 5));
vBox.setSpacing(5);
vBox.getChildren().addAll(label, comboBox, btn);
StackPane root = new StackPane();
root.getChildren().add(vBox);
Scene scene = new Scene(root, 300, 250);
primaryStage.setTitle("Hello World!");
primaryStage.setScene(scene);
primaryStage.show();
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
launch(args);
}
}
