Set focus on PropertySheet Item Node in ControlsFX

Question

I want to set focus on PropertySheet.Item Node (for example TextField) in ControlsFX. PropertySheet Item have unique name, so i can find PropertySheet.Item with code propertySheet.getItems().get(i).getName(). But there is no API to get Node which corresponds to property item. The only solution i see is to walk scene graph with method getChildrenUnmodifiable. But when i traverse PropertySheet with this method it returns:

PropertySheet@1ab0e7e0[styleClass=property-sheet]
BorderPane@46e1b462
ToolBar@93ba99a[styleClass=tool-bar]
SegmentedButton@d5c968[styleClass=segmented-button]
HBox@1c3283db
ToggleButton@2fffaccc[styleClass=toggle-button left-pill]''

I don't get any Propertysheet Nodes such as TextField or ComboBox. Is it possible to do it? Thank you.

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 24 '16 at 06:17

I found a solution. You must use setPropertyEditorFactory and global hashmap variable which will store all Nodes, so you can access it later. Sample code below.

public Map<String, Node> nodes = new HashMap<>();

    SimpleObjectProperty<Callback<PropertySheet.Item, PropertyEditor<?>>> propertyEditorFactory = 
new SimpleObjectProperty<>(this, "propertyEditor", new DefaultPropertyEditorFactory());

    propertySheet.setPropertyEditorFactory((PropertySheet.Item param) -> {
       PropertyEditor node = propertyEditorFactory.get().call(param);
       nodes.put(uniquePropertyName, node.getEditor());
       return node;
    });

After this you can focus property Node with:

nodes.get(propertyName).requestFocus();

Set focus on PropertySheet Item Node in ControlsFX

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