I have a combobox which shows list of User
objects. I have coded a custom cell factory for the combobox:
@FXML ComboBox<User> cmbUserIds;
cmbUserIds.setCellFactory(new Callback<ListView<User>,ListCell<User>>(){
@Override
public ListCell<User> call(ListView<User> l){
return new ListCell<User>(){
@Override
protected void updateItem(Useritem, boolean empty) {
super.updateItem(item, empty);
if (item == null || empty) {
setGraphic(null);
} else {
setText(item.getId()+" "+item.getName());
}
}
} ;
}
});
ListView is showing a string(id+name), but when I select an item from listview, Combobox is showing toString() method return value i.e address of object. I can't override toString() method, because the User domain object should be same as the one at server. How to display id in combobox? Please suggest
EDIT1
I tried below code. Now combo box shows id when I select a value from the listview.
cmbUserIds.setConverter(new StringConverter<User>() {
@Override
public String toString(User user) {
if (user== null){
return null;
} else {
return user.getId();
}
}
@Override
public User fromString(String id) {
return null;
}
});
The selected value in combo box is cleared when control focus is lost. How to fix this?
EDIT2:
@FXML AnchorPane root;
@FXML ComboBox<UserDTO> cmbUsers;
List<UserDTO> users;
public class GateInController implements Initializable {
@Override
public void initialize(URL location, ResourceBundle resources) {
users = UserService.getListOfUsers();
cmbUsers.setItems(FXCollections.observableList(users));
cmbUsers.getSelectionModel().selectFirst();
// list of values showed in combo box drop down
cmbUsers.setCellFactory(new Callback<ListView<UserDTO>,ListCell<UserDTO>>(){
@Override
public ListCell<UserDTO> call(ListView<UserDTO> l){
return new ListCell<UserDTO>(){
@Override
protected void updateItem(UserDTO item, boolean empty) {
super.updateItem(item, empty);
if (item == null || empty) {
setGraphic(null);
} else {
setText(item.getUserId()+" "+item.getUserNm());
}
}
} ;
}
});
//selected value showed in combo box
cmbUsers.setConverter(new StringConverter<UserDTO>() {
@Override
public String toString(UserDTO user) {
if (user == null){
return null;
} else {
return user.getUserId();
}
}
@Override
public UserDTO fromString(String userId) {
return null;
}
});
}
}
Just create and set a CallBack
like follows:
@FXML ComboBox<User> cmbUserIds;
Callback<ListView<User>, ListCell<User>> cellFactory = new Callback<ListView<User>, ListCell<User>>() {
@Override
public ListCell<User> call(ListView<User> l) {
return new ListCell<User>() {
@Override
protected void updateItem(User item, boolean empty) {
super.updateItem(item, empty);
if (item == null || empty) {
setGraphic(null);
} else {
setText(item.getId() + " " + item.getName());
}
}
} ;
}
}
// Just set the button cell here:
cmbUserIds.setButtonCell(cellFactory.call(null));
cmbUserIds.setCellFactory(cellFactory);