JavaFX InputMap/ActionMap equivalent?

Question

I\'m finally switching over fully to JavaFX.

I\'m very keen on keystroke functionality.

Is there an equivalent hotkey architecture to the (very good) one yo

Answer 1

In JavaFX you can register a callback for KeyPressed events.

For example:

myTextField.setOnKeyPressed(event->{
    if (event.getCode() == KeyCode.ENTER){
        //do something here
    }
}

If you wanted to register a global Key combination (say, the typical Ctrl-S for saving) you could instead use:

myScene.getAccellerators().put(
    new KeyCodeCombination(KeyCode.S, KeyCombination.CONTROL_DOWN),
            () -> { /** save my work **/ }
    )

List of available KeyCodeCombinations: https://docs.oracle.com/javafx/2/api/javafx/scene/input/KeyCodeCombination.html

EDIT(1): how event propagation works

From http://docs.oracle.com/javafx/2/events/processing.htm

The event delivery process contains the following steps:

• Target selection
• Route construction
• Event capturing
• Event bubbling

Answer 2

Aha.

This question, from a year ago, already relating to Java 9, reveals what looks like future existence in JavaFX of com.sun.javafx.scene.control.inputmap.InputMap... obviously at the moment package com.sun.javafx.scene.control.inputmap does not exist (in Java 8) (unless I'm very much mistaken).

The person who posed that question, Kleopatra, is something of an expert in Java Swing, and presumably now in JavaFX. We see some early releases of Java 9 happening around now, March 2017, precisely... but having tried googling for the API Javadoc for JavaFX 9, I can't as yet see any sign of com.sun.javafx.scene.control.inputmap.InputMap.