CS 112 Programming 2

Lecture 16
JavaFX UI Controls & Multimedia (1)

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 Chapter 16
JavaFX UI Controls and
Multimedia

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 Motivations
A graphical user interface (GUI) makes a system user-friendly
and easy to use. Creating a GUI requires creativity and
knowledge of how GUI components work. Since the GUI
components in Java are very flexible and versatile, you can
create a wide assortment of useful user interfaces.

Previous chapters briefly introduced several GUI components.

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 Objectives
 To create graphical user interfaces with various user-interface controls (§§16.2–16.11).
 To create a label with text and graphic using the Label class and explore properties in the abstract
Labeled class (§16.2).
 To create a button with text and graphic using the Button class and set a handler using the
setOnAction method in the abstract ButtonBase class (§16.3).
 To create a check box using the CheckBox class (§16.4).
 To create a radio button using the RadioButton class and group radio buttons using a ToggleGroup
(§16.5).
 To enter data using the TextField class and password using the PasswordField class (§16.6).
 To enter data in multiple lines using the TextArea class (§16.7).
 To select a single item using ComboBox (§16.8).
 To select a single or multiple items using ListView (§16.9).
 To select a range of values using ScrollBar (§16.10).
 To select a range of values using Slider and explore differences between ScrollBar and Slider
(§16.11).
 To develop a tic-tac-toe game (§16.12).
 To view and play video and audio using the Media, MediaPlayer, and MediaView (§16.13).
 To develop a case study for showing the national flag and play anthem (§16.14).

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 Frequently Used UI Controls

Prefixes lbl, bt, chk, rb, tf, pf, ta, cbo, lv, scb,
sld, and mp are used to name reference variables for
Label, Button, CheckBox, RadioButton,
TextField, PasswordField, TextArea, ComboBox,
ListView, ScrollBar, Slider, and MediaPlayer
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 Labeled
 A label is a display area for a short text, a Node, or both. It is often
used to label other controls (usually text fields)
 Label and Button share many common properties. These common
properties are defined in the Labeled class

A graphic or
text or both
can be placed
in Labeled

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 Label

LabelWithGraphic Run
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 ButtonBase & Button
A button triggers an event when clicked. JavaFX provides regular
buttons, toggle buttons, check boxes & radio buttons. The common
features of these buttons are defined in ButtonBase & Labeled

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 Example: Button

ButtonDemo Run

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 CheckBox
A CheckBox is used for the user to make a selection. Like
Button, CheckBox inherits all the properties such as onAction,
text, graphic, alignment, graphicTextGap, textFill,
contentDisplay from ButtonBase and Labeled

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 Example: CheckBox

CheckBoxDemo Run

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 RadioButton
Radio buttons, also known as option buttons, enable us to choose a single item
from a group of choices. In appearance radio buttons resemble check boxes, but
check boxes display a square that is either checked or blank, whereas radio
buttons display a circle that is either filled (if selected) or blank (if not selected)

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Example: RadioButton

RadioButtonDemo Run

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 TextField
 A TextField can be used to enter or display a string
 TextField is a subclass of TextInputControl

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Example: TextField

TextFieldDemo Run

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 TextArea
A TextArea enables the user to enter multiple lines of text

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 Example: TextArea

DescriptionPane TextAreaDemo Run

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 Example: ComboBox
This example lets users view an image and a description of a
country's flag by selecting the country from a combo box

ComboBoxDemo Run

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 ListView
A ListView is a component that performs basically the same
function as a combo box, but it enables the user to choose a single
value as well as multiple values

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 Example: ListView
This program lets users select countries in a list and
displays the flags of the selected countries in the labels

ListViewDemo Run

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CS 112 Programming 2

Lecture 17
JavaFX UI Controls & Multimedia (2)

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 ScrollBar
A ScrollBar is a control that enables the user to select from a range of
values. The scrollbar appears in two styles: horizontal, vertical

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Properties: ScrollBar

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 Example: ScrollBar
This example uses horizontal and vertical scrollbars to
control a message displayed on a panel. The horizontal
scrollbar is used to move the message to the left or the
right, and the vertical scrollbar to move it up and down

ScrollBarDemo Run

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 Slider
Slider is similar to ScrollBar, but Slider has
more properties and can appear in many forms

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 Example: Slider
Rewrite of the preceding ScrollBar example using the
Slider to control a message displayed on a panel

SliderDemo Run

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 Case Study: Bounce Ball
Listing 15.17 gives a program that displays a bouncing ball. We
can add a Slider to control the speed of the ball movement

BounceBallSliderDemo Run

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Case Study: TicTacToe

javafx.scene.layout.Pane
-char token

+getToken Cell
+setToken
-token: char Token used in the cell (default: ' ').
+paintComponet
+mouseClicked
+getToken(): char Returns the token in the cell.
+setToken(token: char): void Sets a new token in the cell.
-handleMouseClick(): void Handles a mouse click event.

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Case Study: TicTacToe (cont.)

TicTacToe Run

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We can use the:
Media
Media class to obtain the source of the media, the
MediaPlayer class to play and control the media, and the
MediaView class to display the video
JavaFX supports:
MP3, AIFF, WAV, and MPEG-4 audio formats
FLV and MPEG-4 video formats

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 MediaPlayer
The MediaPlayer class plays and controls the media with properties
such as autoPlay, currentCount, cycleCount, mute, volume,
and totalDuration

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 MediaView
The MediaView class is a subclass of Node that provides a view of
the Media being played by a MediaPlayer. The MediaView
class provides the properties for viewing the media

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 Example: Media, MediaPlayer &
MediaView
This example displays a
video in a window. We can
use the:
 play/pause button to play
or pause the video
 rewind button to restart
the video
 slider to control the
volume of the audio
http://www.eclipsecat.com/sites/default/files/small.mp4

MediaDemo Run
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 Case Study: Flags & Anthems
This program displays a nation’s flag and plays its anthem

FlagAnthem Run

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