Java 8 DatePicker and editable ComboBox behavior change between 8u51 and 8u60

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Answer 1

Here's my workaround:

    combo.getEditor().focusedProperty().addListener((obs, old, isFocused) -> { 
        if (!isFocused) { 
            combo.setValue(combo.getConverter().fromString(combo.getEditor().getText()));
        } 
    }); 

As is pointed out in the official bug report, you might want to check to see if the value is already set to avoid any potential side-effects of calling it again.