Using Netbeans 7.3.1 to create the Java FX 2 scene in Swing

You can use Netbeans 7.3.1 to create the code skeleton for an application of with Java FX running in a Swing container. Create a new project, go to the Java FX project templates, select the Java FX in Swing application.

By default, the code template creates an applet contained within a JFrame. However, we can change to code to subclass from JFrame instead of applet. The modified code is shown below:

JavaVideoPlayer.java

1 package JPRG;
 2 
 3 import javafx.application.Platform;
 4 import javafx.embed.swing.JFXPanel;
 5 import javafx.event.*;
 6 import javafx.scene.Scene;
 7 import javafx.scene.control.Button;
 8 import javafx.scene.layout.StackPane;
 9 import java.awt.*;
10 import javax.swing.*;
11 
12 public class JavaVideoPlayer extends JFrame {
13 
14     private static final int JFXPANEL_WIDTH_INT = 640;
15     private static final int JFXPANEL_HEIGHT_INT = 480;
16     private static JFXPanel fxContainer;
17 
18     public static void main(String[] args) {
19         SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
20             @Override
21             public void run() {
22                 JavaVideoPlayer frame = new JavaVideoPlayer();
23                 frame.initialize();
24                 frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(
                     JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
25                 frame.pack();
26                 frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
27                 frame.setVisible(true);
28             }
29         });
30     }
31 
32     public void initialize() {
33         fxContainer = new JFXPanel();
34         fxContainer.setPreferredSize(
35                 new Dimension(JFXPANEL_WIDTH_INT, 
                   JFXPANEL_HEIGHT_INT));
36         add(fxContainer, BorderLayout.CENTER);
37         // create JavaFX scene
38         Platform.runLater(new Runnable() {
39             @Override
40             public void run() {
41                 createScene();
42             }
43         });
44     }
45 
46     private void createScene() {
47         Button btn = new Button();
48         btn.setText("Say 'Hello World'");
49         btn.setOnAction(new EventHandler<ActionEvent>() {
50             @Override
51             public void handle(ActionEvent event) {
52                 System.out.println("Hello World!");
53             }
54         });
55         StackPane root = new StackPane();
56         root.getChildren().add(btn);
57         fxContainer.setScene(new Scene(root));
58     }
59 }
60