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Mastering JavaFX 10

You're reading from  Mastering JavaFX 10

Product type Book
Published in May 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788293822
Pages 268 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Author (1):
Sergey Grinev Sergey Grinev
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters close

Preface 1. Stages, Scenes, and Layout 2. Building Blocks – Shapes, Text, and Controls 3. Connecting Pieces – Binding 4. FXML 5. Animation 6. Styling Applications with CSS 7. Building a Dynamic UI 8. Effects 9. Media and WebView 10. Advanced Controls and Charts 11. Packaging with Java9 Jigsaw 12. 3D at a Glance 13. What's Next? 14. Other Books You May Enjoy

Syntax details of FXML

All the FXML syntax we have already used in this chapter was very self-explanatory (another benefit of FXML!) but, there are additional useful options which we will review in the following sections.

Reviewing the basics of FXML

Let's briefly review the basics we learned at the beginning of this chapter:

  • Tags correspond to JavaFX classes and attributes correspond to these classes' properties
  • By setting the fx:id attribute, you can link a field from the Controller to these tags
  • You can set the Controller by the fx:controller attribute of the root node
  • Action handlers can be linked using the # symbol

Take a look at the following code snippet:

<HBox alignment="CENTER" spacing=&quot...
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