ChoiceBox.setValue(T value) has the following syntax.
public final void setValue(T value)
In the following code shows how to use ChoiceBox.setValue(T value) method.
import javafx.application.Application; import javafx.collections.FXCollections; import javafx.collections.ObservableList; import javafx.scene.Scene; import javafx.scene.control.ChoiceBox; import javafx.scene.layout.VBox; import javafx.stage.Stage; //from w w w . j a va2 s . co m public class Main extends Application { ObservableList<String> cursors = FXCollections.observableArrayList("a","b","c"); @Override public void start(Stage stage) { ChoiceBox<String> choiceBox = new ChoiceBox<String>(); choiceBox.setItems(cursors); choiceBox.setValue("a"); VBox box = new VBox(); box.getChildren().add(choiceBox); final Scene scene = new Scene(box,300, 250); scene.setFill(null); stage.setScene(scene); stage.show(); } public static void main(String[] args) { launch(args); } }