How can I switch between different scenes loaded from different FXML files? I got a working example, but when it switches between the scenes, the scene is in non-fullscreen mode for a moment and then goes back to fullscreen. If my solution is not a good way to do it, can you provide some alternatives? How do apps developed in JavaFX switch between the main scene and a menu scene for example? There is a similar post to mine but nobody provided a solution since 2016.
Here is my code:
SwitchScenesExample.java
public class SwitchScenesExample extends Application {
static double resWidth = Screen.getPrimary().getBounds().getWidth();
static double resHeight = Screen.getPrimary().getBounds().getHeight();
@Override
public void start(Stage stage) throws IOException {
FXMLLoader fxmlLoader = new FXMLLoader(SwitchScenesExample.class.getResource("scene2.fxml"));
Scene scene = new Scene(fxmlLoader.load(), resWidth, resHeight);
Controller controller = fxmlLoader.getController();
controller.setNextScene("scene1.fxml");
stage.setTitle("SwitchingFXML");
stage.setScene(scene);
stage.setFullScreen(true);
stage.show();
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
launch();
}
}
Controller.java
import javafx.event.ActionEvent;
import javafx.fxml.FXML;
import javafx.fxml.FXMLLoader;
import javafx.scene.Node;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.Button;
import javafx.scene.layout.GridPane;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
import java.io.IOException;
public class Controller {
private String nextScene;
@FXML
private Button sceneButton;
@FXML
private GridPane gridPane;
public void setNextScene(String fileName) {
this.nextScene = fileName;
}
@FXML
void onSceneButtonClicked(ActionEvent event) {
try {
FXMLLoader loader = new FXMLLoader(getClass().getResource(nextScene));
Stage stage = (Stage) ((Node)event.getSource()).getScene().getWindow();
Scene scene = new Scene(loader.load(), SwitchScenesExample.resWidth, SwitchScenesExample.resHeight);
if(nextScene.equals("scene1.fxml")) {
Controller controller = loader.getController();
controller.setNextScene(nextScene = "scene2.fxml");
} else {
Controller controller = loader.getController();
controller.setNextScene(nextScene = "scene1.fxml");
}
stage.setFullScreen(true);
stage.setScene(scene);
}catch (IOException io){
io.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
scene1.fxml
<?import javafx.scene.control.Button?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.Label?>
<?import javafx.scene.layout.ColumnConstraints?>
<?import javafx.scene.layout.GridPane?>
<?import javafx.scene.layout.RowConstraints?>
<?import javafx.scene.text.Font?>
<GridPane fx:id="gridPane" maxHeight="-Infinity" maxWidth="-Infinity" minHeight="-Infinity" minWidth="-Infinity" prefHeight="400.0" prefWidth="600.0" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/18" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1" fx:controller="com.example.mrec.Controller">
<columnConstraints>
<ColumnConstraints hgrow="SOMETIMES" minWidth="10.0" prefWidth="100.0" />
<ColumnConstraints hgrow="SOMETIMES" minWidth="10.0" prefWidth="100.0" />
<ColumnConstraints hgrow="SOMETIMES" minWidth="10.0" prefWidth="100.0" />
</columnConstraints>
<rowConstraints>
<RowConstraints minHeight="10.0" prefHeight="30.0" vgrow="SOMETIMES" />
<RowConstraints minHeight="10.0" prefHeight="30.0" vgrow="SOMETIMES" />
<RowConstraints minHeight="10.0" prefHeight="30.0" vgrow="SOMETIMES" />
</rowConstraints>
<children>
<Button fx:id="sceneButton" alignment="CENTER" mnemonicParsing="false" onAction="#onSceneButtonClicked" text="Other Scene" GridPane.columnIndex="1" GridPane.halignment="CENTER" GridPane.rowIndex="2" GridPane.valignment="CENTER" />
<Label alignment="CENTER" text="Scene1" textFill="#ae1a1a" GridPane.halignment="CENTER" GridPane.valignment="CENTER">
<font>
<Font size="18.0" />
</font>
</Label>
<Label alignment="CENTER" text="Scene1" textFill="#1d6b9e" GridPane.columnIndex="2" GridPane.halignment="CENTER" GridPane.rowIndex="1" GridPane.valignment="CENTER" />
</children>
</GridPane>
scene2.fxml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.Button?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.Label?>
<?import javafx.scene.layout.ColumnConstraints?>
<?import javafx.scene.layout.GridPane?>
<?import javafx.scene.layout.RowConstraints?>
<?import javafx.scene.text.Font?>
<GridPane fx:id="gridPane" maxHeight="-Infinity" maxWidth="-Infinity" minHeight="-Infinity" minWidth="-Infinity" prefHeight="400.0" prefWidth="600.0" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/18" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1" fx:controller="com.example.mrec.Controller">
<columnConstraints>
<ColumnConstraints hgrow="SOMETIMES" minWidth="10.0" prefWidth="100.0" />
<ColumnConstraints hgrow="SOMETIMES" minWidth="10.0" prefWidth="100.0" />
<ColumnConstraints hgrow="SOMETIMES" minWidth="10.0" prefWidth="100.0" />
</columnConstraints>
<rowConstraints>
<RowConstraints minHeight="10.0" prefHeight="30.0" vgrow="SOMETIMES" />
<RowConstraints minHeight="10.0" prefHeight="30.0" vgrow="SOMETIMES" />
<RowConstraints minHeight="10.0" prefHeight="30.0" vgrow="SOMETIMES" />
</rowConstraints>
<children>
<Button fx:id="sceneButton" alignment="CENTER" mnemonicParsing="false" onAction="#onSceneButtonClicked" text="Other Scene" GridPane.columnIndex="1" GridPane.halignment="CENTER" GridPane.rowIndex="2" GridPane.valignment="CENTER" />
<Label alignment="CENTER" text="Scene2" textFill="#ae1a1a" GridPane.columnIndex="2" GridPane.halignment="CENTER" GridPane.valignment="CENTER">
<font>
<Font size="18.0" />
</font>
</Label>
<Label alignment="CENTER" text="Scene2" textFill="#1d6b9e" GridPane.halignment="CENTER" GridPane.rowIndex="2" GridPane.valignment="CENTER" />
</children>
</GridPane>