JavaFX Choicebox Examples

These are simple step by step code snippets to allow you learn JavaFX.

Example 1: Choicebox

Study the following code:

Step 1: Create Project

1. Open your favorite Java IDE.
2. In the menu go to File --> Create New Project.

Step 2: Dependencies

No dependencies are needed for this project.

Step 3: Write Code

Our code will comprise the following java files:

• ChoiceBoxExample.java

1. In your editor or IDE, create a file known as ChoiceBoxExample.java.
2. Then add the following code:

(a). ChoiceBoxExample.java

After creating our class, the first thing is to define imports. Such imports are ready made classes that inject more functionalities into our project.

import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.ChoiceBox;
import javafx.scene.layout.VBox;
import javafx.stage.Stage;

Through inheritance we will be able to derive properties from a parent class. However we have to extend that parent class. So we do that using the extends keyword.

public class ChoiceBoxExample extends Application {

Our class will have the following methods:

• void main(String[] args)
• void start(Stage primaryStage)

For our Java program to run we need a main method. Add it as shown below:

    public static void main(String[] args) {

In this particular class we will be overriding our void start(Stage primaryStage) method.
Prepend the code>@Override</code modifier to your method. Then add implementation code as follows:

    @Override
    public void start(Stage primaryStage) {

        ChoiceBox choiceBox = new ChoiceBox();

        choiceBox.getItems().add("Choice 0");
        choiceBox.getItems().add("Choice 1");
        choiceBox.getItems().add("Choice 2");

        choiceBox.setOnAction((event) -> {
            int selectedIndex = choiceBox.getSelectionModel().getSelectedIndex();
            Object selectedItem = choiceBox.getSelectionModel().getSelectedItem();

            System.out.println("Selection made: [" + selectedIndex + "] " + selectedItem);
            System.out.println("   ChoiceBox.getValue(): " + choiceBox.getValue());
        });

        VBox vbox = new VBox(choiceBox);
        Scene scene = new Scene(vbox);
        primaryStage.setScene(scene);
        primaryStage.setWidth(300);
        primaryStage.setHeight(300);
        primaryStage.setTitle("ChoiceBox Example");
        primaryStage.show();
    }

Here is the full code:

package com.jenkov.javafx.choicebox;

import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.ChoiceBox;
import javafx.scene.layout.VBox;
import javafx.stage.Stage;

/**
 * Shows a simple JavaFX Button - and prints a text when the button is clicked.
 */
public class ChoiceBoxExample extends Application {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        launch(args);
    }

    @Override
    public void start(Stage primaryStage) {

        ChoiceBox choiceBox = new ChoiceBox();

        choiceBox.getItems().add("Choice 0");
        choiceBox.getItems().add("Choice 1");
        choiceBox.getItems().add("Choice 2");

        choiceBox.setOnAction((event) -> {
            int selectedIndex = choiceBox.getSelectionModel().getSelectedIndex();
            Object selectedItem = choiceBox.getSelectionModel().getSelectedItem();

            System.out.println("Selection made: [" + selectedIndex + "] " + selectedItem);
            System.out.println("   ChoiceBox.getValue(): " + choiceBox.getValue());
        });

        VBox vbox = new VBox(choiceBox);
        Scene scene = new Scene(vbox);
        primaryStage.setScene(scene);
        primaryStage.setWidth(300);
        primaryStage.setHeight(300);
        primaryStage.setTitle("ChoiceBox Example");
        primaryStage.show();
    }

}

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