I have 4 text fields which I have already formatted to receive only integer values.
I now want the "Capital" field to receive in real time the sum of all the other fields each time they have their value updated;
I tried the binding but I do not know too much, I also tried to add listener on the bottom fields to update the value of the "capital" but it does not react as I wish
The next block of code shows how to bind three TextFields:
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.beans.binding.Bindings;
import javafx.beans.binding.StringBinding;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.TextField;
import javafx.scene.layout.VBox;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
public class Test extends Application {
@Override
public void start(final Stage primaryStage) {
final VBox vBox = new VBox();
final TextField textField1 = new TextField();
final TextField textField2 = new TextField();
final TextField textField3 = new TextField();
final TextField textField4 = new TextField();
final StringBinding createStringBinding = Bindings.createStringBinding(()-> {
String valueTextField1 = (textField1.getText().isEmpty()) ? "0" : textField1.getText();
String valueTextField2 = (textField2.getText().isEmpty()) ? "0" : textField2.getText();
String valueTextField3 = (textField3.getText().isEmpty()) ? "0" : textField3.getText();
return String.valueOf(Integer.valueOf(valueTextField1) + Integer.valueOf(valueTextField2) + Integer.valueOf(valueTextField3));}, textField1.textProperty(), textField2.textProperty(), textField3.textProperty());
textField4.textProperty().bind(createStringBinding);
vBox.getChildren().add(textField1);
vBox.getChildren().add(textField2);
vBox.getChildren().add(textField3);
vBox.getChildren().add(textField4);
final Scene scene = new Scene(vBox, 400, 200);
primaryStage.setScene(scene);
primaryStage.show();
}
public static void main(final String[] args) {
launch(args);
}
}