Question

How do I get a choicebox in JavaFX to pass focus to the next element when I press tab?

I’ve tried setting the focus traversable to true but that didn’t appear to do anything.

cbSoils.setFocusTraversable(true);

I’ve tried setting the key press or release to change focus but it is triggered when I tab TO the choicebox from the previous element.

cbSoils.setOnKeyReleased(new EventHandler<KeyEvent>() {

        @Override
        public void handle(KeyEvent event) {
            // On tab press send the focus to tfAddress
            if(event.getCode() == KeyCode.TAB){
                tfAddress.requestFocus();
            }
        }
});

Anyone have a better idea?

Answer 1

Which version of FX do you use? I’ve tested with JavaFX 2.1 b18 and ChoiceBox passes focus on Tab clicks in next code:

ChoiceBox cb = new ChoiceBox(FXCollections.<String>observableArrayList("item 1", "item 2", "item 3"));
HBox root = HBoxBuilder.create().children(cb, new Button("next"), new Button("nextnext")).build();
stage.setScene(new Scene(root, 200, 200));
stage.show();