JavaFX TabPane: How to set the selected tab

Question

I have a Java Desktop Application with JavaFX 2 in it and in my FX I\'ve got a TabPane. I want to set the default tab. In other words I want to set a tab as selected. I found th

Answer 1

To continue with Menai's answer heres how to refocus the opened tab/TabPane.

SingleSelectionModel selectionModel = TabPane.getSelectionModel();
if(!Tabpane.getTabs().contains(tabName)) {
   TabPane.getTabs().add(tabName);
   selectionModel.select(tabPane);
} else {
   selectionModel.select(tabPane); 
}