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package javafx.scene.control;

import javafx.scene.control.skin.LabelSkin;
import com.sun.javafx.scene.NodeHelper;

import javafx.beans.property.ObjectProperty;
import javafx.beans.property.ObjectPropertyBase;
import javafx.beans.value.ChangeListener;
import javafx.beans.value.WritableValue;
import javafx.css.StyleableProperty;
import javafx.scene.AccessibleRole;
import javafx.scene.Node;

Label is a non-editable text control. A Label is useful for displaying text that is required to fit within a specific space, and thus may need to use an ellipsis or truncation to size the string to fit. Labels also are useful in that they can have mnemonics which, if used, will send focus to the Control listed as the target of the labelFor property.

Label sets focusTraversable to false.

Example:

Label label = new Label("a label");
Since:JavaFX 2.0
/** * Label is a non-editable text control. A Label is useful for displaying * text that is required to fit within a specific space, and thus may need * to use an ellipsis or truncation to size the string to fit. Labels also are * useful in that they can have mnemonics which, if used, will send focus to * the Control listed as the target of the <code>labelFor</code> property. * <p> * Label sets focusTraversable to false. * </p> * * <p>Example: * <pre><code>Label label = new Label("a label");</code></pre> * @since JavaFX 2.0 */
public class Label extends Labeled { /*************************************************************************** * * * Constructors * * * **************************************************************************/
Creates an empty label
/** * Creates an empty label */
public Label() { initialize(); }
Creates Label with supplied text.
Params:
  • text – null text is treated as the empty string
/** * Creates Label with supplied text. * @param text null text is treated as the empty string */
public Label(String text) { super(text); initialize(); }
Creates a Label with the supplied text and graphic.
Params:
  • text – null text is treated as the empty string
  • graphic – a null graphic is acceptable
/** * Creates a Label with the supplied text and graphic. * @param text null text is treated as the empty string * @param graphic a null graphic is acceptable */
public Label(String text, Node graphic) { super(text, graphic); initialize(); } private void initialize() { getStyleClass().setAll("label"); setAccessibleRole(AccessibleRole.TEXT); // Labels are not focus traversable, unlike most other UI Controls. // focusTraversable is styleable through css. Calling setFocusTraversable // makes it look to css like the user set the value and css will not // override. Initializing focusTraversable by calling set on the // CssMetaData ensures that css will be able to override the value. ((StyleableProperty<Boolean>)(WritableValue<Boolean>)focusTraversableProperty()).applyStyle(null, Boolean.FALSE); }
* Properties * *
/*************************************************************************** * * * Properties * * * **************************************************************************/
private ChangeListener<Boolean> mnemonicStateListener = (observable, oldValue, newValue) -> { NodeHelper.showMnemonicsProperty(Label.this).setValue(newValue); };
A Label can act as a label for a different Control or Node. This is used for Mnemonics and Accelerator parsing. This allows setting of the target Node.
Returns:the Node that this label is to be associated with
/** * A Label can act as a label for a different Control or * Node. This is used for Mnemonics and Accelerator parsing. * This allows setting of the target Node. * @return the Node that this label is to be associated with */
public ObjectProperty<Node> labelForProperty() { if (labelFor == null) { labelFor = new ObjectPropertyBase<Node>() { Node oldValue = null; @Override protected void invalidated() { if (oldValue != null) { NodeHelper.getNodeAccessor().setLabeledBy(oldValue, null); NodeHelper.showMnemonicsProperty(oldValue).removeListener(mnemonicStateListener); } final Node node = get(); if (node != null) { NodeHelper.getNodeAccessor().setLabeledBy(node, Label.this); NodeHelper.showMnemonicsProperty(node).addListener(mnemonicStateListener); NodeHelper.setShowMnemonics(Label.this, NodeHelper.isShowMnemonics(node)); } else { NodeHelper.setShowMnemonics(Label.this, false); } oldValue = node; } @Override public Object getBean() { return Label.this; } @Override public String getName() { return "labelFor"; } }; } return labelFor; } private ObjectProperty<Node> labelFor; public final void setLabelFor(Node value) { labelForProperty().setValue(value); } public final Node getLabelFor() { return labelFor == null ? null : labelFor.getValue(); } /*************************************************************************** * * * Methods * * * **************************************************************************/
{@inheritDoc}
/** {@inheritDoc} */
@Override protected Skin<?> createDefaultSkin() { return new LabelSkin(this); } /*************************************************************************** * * * CSS Support * * * **************************************************************************/
Returns the initial focus traversable state of this control, for use by the JavaFX CSS engine to correctly set its initial value. This method is overridden as by default UI controls have focus traversable set to true, but that is not appropriate for this control.
Since:9
/** * Returns the initial focus traversable state of this control, for use * by the JavaFX CSS engine to correctly set its initial value. This method * is overridden as by default UI controls have focus traversable set to true, * but that is not appropriate for this control. * * @since 9 */
@Override protected Boolean getInitialFocusTraversable() { return Boolean.FALSE; } }