Class CheckMenuItem

java.lang.Object

javafx.scene.control.MenuItem

javafx.scene.control.CheckMenuItem

All Implemented Interfaces:

Styleable, EventTarget

public class CheckMenuItem
extends MenuItem

A MenuItem that can be toggled between selected and unselected states. It is intended that CheckMenuItem be used in conjunction with the Menu or ContextMenu controls.

Creating and inserting a CheckMenuItem into a Menu is shown below.

CheckMenuItem subsystem1 = new CheckMenuItem("Enabled");
subsystem1.setOnAction(e -> System.out.println("subsystem1 #1 Enabled!"));

Menu menu = new Menu("Subsystems");
menu.getItems().add(subsystem1);
MenuBar menuBar = new MenuBar(menu);

Of course, the approach shown above separates out the definition of the CheckMenuItem from the Menu, but this needn't be so.

To ascertain the current state of the CheckMenuItem, you should refer to the selected boolean. An example use case may be the following example:

final checkMenuItem = new CheckMenuItem("Show Widget");
subsystem1.setOnAction(e -> System.out.println("Show the widget!"));
private final BooleanProperty widgetShowing();
public final boolean isWidgetShowing() { return widgetShowing.get(); )
public final void setWidgetShowing(boolean value) {
    widgetShowingProperty().set(value);
}
public final BooleanProperty widgetShowingProperty() {
    if (widgetShowing == null) {
        widgetShowing = new SimpleBooleanProperty(this, "widgetShowing", true);
    }
    return widgetShowing;
}

widgetShowing.bind(checkMenuItem.selected);

Typically a CheckMenuItem will be rendered such that, when selected, it shows a check (or tick) mark in the area normally reserved for the MenuItem graphic. Of course, this will vary depending on the skin and styling specified.

Since:

JavaFX 2.0

See Also:

• Menu
• MenuItem
• RadioMenuItem

Property Summary

Properties

Type	Property	Description
final BooleanProperty	selected	Represents the current state of this CheckMenuItem.

Properties declared in class javafx.scene.control.MenuItem

accelerator, disable, graphic, id, mnemonicParsing, onAction, onMenuValidation, parentMenu, parentPopup, style, text, visible

Field Summary

Fields declared in class javafx.scene.control.MenuItem

MENU_VALIDATION_EVENT

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
CheckMenuItem()	Creates an empty CheckMenuItem.
CheckMenuItem(String text)	Constructs a CheckMenuItem and sets the display text with the specified text.
CheckMenuItem(String text, Node graphic)	Constructs a CheckMenuItem and sets the display text with the specified text and sets the graphic Node to the given node.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
final boolean	isSelected()	Gets the value of the selected property.
final BooleanProperty	selectedProperty()	Represents the current state of this CheckMenuItem.
final void	setSelected(boolean value)	Sets the value of the selected property.

Methods declared in class javafx.scene.control.MenuItem

acceleratorProperty, buildEventDispatchChain, disableProperty, fire, getAccelerator, getCssMetaData, getGraphic, getId, getOnAction, getOnMenuValidation, getParentMenu, getParentPopup, getProperties, getPseudoClassStates, getStyle, getStyleableParent, getStyleClass, getText, getTypeSelector, getUserData, graphicProperty, idProperty, isDisable, isMnemonicParsing, isVisible, mnemonicParsingProperty, onActionProperty, onMenuValidationProperty, parentMenuProperty, parentPopupProperty, setAccelerator, setDisable, setGraphic, setId, setMnemonicParsing, setOnAction, setOnMenuValidation, setParentMenu, setParentPopup, setStyle, setText, setUserData, setVisible, styleProperty, textProperty, visibleProperty

Methods declared in class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods declared in interface javafx.event.EventTarget

addEventFilter, addEventHandler, removeEventFilter, removeEventHandler

Methods declared in interface javafx.css.Styleable

getStyleableNode

Property Details

selected

public final BooleanProperty selectedProperty

Represents the current state of this CheckMenuItem. Bind to this to be informed whenever the user interacts with the CheckMenuItem (and causes the selected state to be toggled).

Default value:

false

See Also:

• isSelected()
• setSelected(boolean)
• selectedProperty()

Constructor Details

CheckMenuItem

public CheckMenuItem()

Creates an empty CheckMenuItem.

CheckMenuItem

public CheckMenuItem(String text)

Constructs a CheckMenuItem and sets the display text with the specified text.

Parameters:

text - the display text

CheckMenuItem

public CheckMenuItem(String text,
 Node graphic)

Constructs a CheckMenuItem and sets the display text with the specified text and sets the graphic Node to the given node.

Parameters:

text - the display text

graphic - the graphic Node

Method Details

setSelected

public final void setSelected(boolean value)

Sets the value of the selected property.

Property description:

Represents the current state of this CheckMenuItem. Bind to this to be informed whenever the user interacts with the CheckMenuItem (and causes the selected state to be toggled).

Default value:

false

Parameters:

value - the value for the selected property

See Also:

• isSelected()
• selectedProperty()

isSelected

public final boolean isSelected()

Gets the value of the selected property.

Property description:

Represents the current state of this CheckMenuItem. Bind to this to be informed whenever the user interacts with the CheckMenuItem (and causes the selected state to be toggled).

Default value:

false

Returns:

the value of the selected property

See Also:

• setSelected(boolean)
• selectedProperty()

selectedProperty

public final BooleanProperty selectedProperty()

Represents the current state of this CheckMenuItem. Bind to this to be informed whenever the user interacts with the CheckMenuItem (and causes the selected state to be toggled).

Default value:

false

Returns:

the selected property

See Also:

• isSelected()
• setSelected(boolean)