Class RadioButton

All Implemented Interfaces:
Styleable, EventTarget, Skinnable, Toggle

public class RadioButton
extends ToggleButton

RadioButtons create a series of items where only one item can be selected. RadioButtons are a specialized ToggleButton. When a RadioButton is pressed and released a ActionEvent is sent. Your application can perform some action based on this event by implementing an EventHandler to process the ActionEvent.

Only one RadioButton can be selected when placed in a ToggleGroup. Clicking on a selected RadioButton will have no effect. A RadioButton that is not in a ToggleGroup can be selected and unselected. By default a RadioButton is not in a ToggleGroup. Calling ToggleGroup.getSelectedToggle() will return you the RadioButton that has been selected.

 ToggleGroup group = new ToggleGroup();
 RadioButton button1 = new RadioButton("select first");
 button1.setToggleGroup(group);
 button1.setSelected(true);
 RadioButton button2 = new RadioButton("select second");
 button2.setToggleGroup(group);
Image of the RadioButton control
Since:
JavaFX 2.0
  • Constructor Details

    • RadioButton

      public RadioButton()
      Creates a radio button with an empty string for its label.
    • RadioButton

      public RadioButton​(String text)
      Creates a radio button with the specified text as its label.
      Parameters:
      text - A text string for its label.
  • Method Details

    • fire

      public void fire()
      Toggles the state of the radio button if and only if the RadioButton has not already selected or is not part of a ToggleGroup.
      Specified by:
      fire in class ButtonBase
    • getInitialAlignment

      protected Pos getInitialAlignment()
      Returns the initial alignment state of this control, for use by the JavaFX CSS engine to correctly set its initial value. This method is overridden to use Pos.CENTER_LEFT initially.
      Overrides:
      getInitialAlignment in class ToggleButton
      Returns:
      the initial alignment state of this control
      Since:
      9