GridPane Example Program Source Code

Background

This JavaFX example code shows how to use the GridPane layout. The JavaFX scene is made up of GridPane containing a number of Text controls. The GridPane is used to position the Text controls in a table format.

GridPane Example

import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.layout.GridPane;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
import javafx.geometry.Insets;
import javafx.scene.text.Text;
import javafx.scene.text.Font;
import javafx.scene.text.FontWeight;
import javafx.geometry.HPos;
public class GridPaneExample extends Application {
@Override
public void start(Stage primaryStage) {
//Create a GridPane for the Text Controls
GridPane playerGrid = new GridPane();
playerGrid.setHgap(10);
playerGrid.setVgap(10);
playerGrid.setPadding(new Insets(0, 10, 0, 10));
//The title for the table spans for columns of the GridPane
Text title = new Text("Top Scorers in English Premier League");
title.setFont(Font.font("Arial", FontWeight.BOLD, 20));
playerGrid.add(title, 0,0,4,1);
//Each set of three Text controls makes up a row of the table
Text rankTitle = new Text("Rank");
rankTitle.setFont(Font.font("Arial", FontWeight.BOLD, 20));
playerGrid.add(rankTitle, 0,3);
Text playerTitle = new Text("Player");
playerTitle.setFont(Font.font("Arial", FontWeight.BOLD, 20));
playerGrid.add(playerTitle, 1,3);
Text goalTitle = new Text("Goals");
goalTitle.setFont(Font.font("Arial", FontWeight.BOLD, 20));
playerGrid.add(goalTitle, 2,3);
Text rank1 = new Text("1");
rank1.setFont(Font.font("Arial", 16));
GridPane.setHalignment(rank1, HPos.CENTER);
playerGrid.add(rank1, 0,4);
Text player1 = new Text("Alan Shearer");
player1.setFont(Font.font("Arial", 16));
playerGrid.add(player1, 1,4);
Text goals1 = new Text("260");
goals1.setFont(Font.font("Arial", 16));
GridPane.setHalignment(goals1, HPos.CENTER);
playerGrid.add(goals1, 2,4);
Text rank2 = new Text("2");
rank2.setFont(Font.font("Arial", 16));
GridPane.setHalignment(rank2, HPos.CENTER);
playerGrid.add(rank2, 0,5);
Text player2 = new Text("Andrew Cole");
player2.setFont(Font.font("Arial", 16));
playerGrid.add(player2, 1,5);
Text goals2 = new Text("187");
goals2.setFont(Font.font("Arial", 16));
GridPane.setHalignment(goals2, HPos.CENTER);
playerGrid.add(goals2, 2,5);
Text rank3 = new Text("3");
rank3.setFont(Font.font("Arial", 16));
GridPane.setHalignment(rank3, HPos.CENTER);
playerGrid.add(rank3, 0,6);
Text player3 = new Text("Thierry Henry");
player3.setFont(Font.font("Arial", 16));
playerGrid.add(player3, 1,6);
Text goals3 = new Text("175");
goals3.setFont(Font.font("Arial", 16));
GridPane.setHalignment(goals3, HPos.CENTER);
playerGrid.add(goals3, 2,6);
Text rank4 = new Text("4");
rank4.setFont(Font.font("Arial", 16));
GridPane.setHalignment(rank4, HPos.CENTER);
playerGrid.add(rank4, 0,7);
Text player4 = new Text("Frank Lampard");
player4.setFont(Font.font("Arial", 16));
playerGrid.add(player4, 1,7);
Text goals4 = new Text("165");
goals4.setFont(Font.font("Arial", 16));
GridPane.setHalignment(goals4, HPos.CENTER);
playerGrid.add(goals4, 2,7);
Text rank5 = new Text("5");
rank5.setFont(Font.font("Arial", 16));
GridPane.setHalignment(rank5, HPos.CENTER);
playerGrid.add(rank5, 0,8);
Text player5 = new Text("Robbie Fowler");
player5.setFont(Font.font("Arial", 16));
playerGrid.add(player5, 1,8);
Text goals5 = new Text("162");
goals5.setFont(Font.font("Arial", 16));
GridPane.setHalignment(goals5, HPos.CENTER);
playerGrid.add(goals5, 2,8);
//playerGrid.setGridLinesVisible(true);
Scene scene = new Scene(playerGrid, 500, 500);
primaryStage.setTitle("Goal Scorers!");
primaryStage.setScene(scene);
primaryStage.show();
}
/**
* The main() method is ignored in correctly deployed JavaFX application.
* main() serves only as fallback in case the application can not be
* launched through deployment artifacts, e.g., in IDEs with limited FX
* support. NetBeans ignores main().
*
* @param args the command line arguments
*/
public static void main(String[] args) {
launch(args);
}
}