Event when window/stage lost focus

java events focus javafx-2 stage
momar picture momar · Jun 4, 2014 · Viewed 8.4k times · Source

How can I run a piece of code (or more exactly: close the stage) when the JavaFX stage lost it's focus?

For example in Dropbox or Chrome: if you click the tray icon, a small window opens. If you click anywhere on the screen now, the window closes. Exactly this is the behaviour I want to create in my JavaFX application.

I searched a long time already for a solution, but couldn't find one...
So, I'm looking for something something like this:

stage.addEventHandler(EventType.FOCUS_LOST, new EventHandler() { /*...*/ } );


Thank you for helping me out!

Answer

OttPrime picture OttPrime · Jun 4, 2014

Add a listener to stage.focusedProperty().

primaryStage.focusedProperty().addListener(new ChangeListener<Boolean>()
{
  @Override
  public void changed(ObservableValue<? extends Boolean> ov, Boolean onHidden, Boolean onShown)
  {
    <Your code here>
  }
});

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