Creating a User Interface in JavaFX - JavaFX 8: A Definitive Guide to Building Desktop, Mobile, and Embedded Java Clients

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■ You might have noticed that the screenshots in figures 2-4 and 2-5 have y values that are negative. this

is because the application was positioned on the secondary monitor, logically above the primary monitor, when the

screenshots were taken.

Note

13.

Click the application's Ui, drag it around the screen, and click close( ) when finished.

Congratulations on sticking with this 13-step exercise! performing this exercise has prepared

you to relate to the code behind it, which we now walk through together.

Understanding the StageCoach Program

Take a look at the code for the StageCoach program in Listing 2-1 before we point out new and relevant concepts.

Listing 2-1. StageCoachMain.java

package projavafx.stagecoach.ui;

import java.util.List;

import javafx.application.Application;

import javafx.beans.property.SimpleStringProperty;

import javafx.beans.property.StringProperty;

import javafx.geometry.Rectangle2D;

import javafx.geometry.VPos;

import javafx.scene.Group;

import javafx.scene.Scene;

import javafx.scene.control.Button;

import javafx.scene.control.CheckBox;

import javafx.scene.control.Label;

import javafx.scene.control.TextField;

import javafx.scene.input.MouseEvent;

import javafx.scene.layout.HBox;

import javafx.scene.layout.VBox;

import javafx.scene.paint.Color;

import javafx.scene.shape.Rectangle;

import javafx.scene.text.Text;

import javafx.stage.Screen;

import javafx.stage.Stage;

import javafx.stage.StageStyle;

import javafx.stage.WindowEvent;

public class StageCoachMain extends Application {

StringProperty title = new SimpleStringProperty();

Text textStageX;

Text textStageY;

Text textStageW;

Text textStageH;

Text textStageF;

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