JavaFX Tutorial - Java Label.getLabelFor()

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Syntax

Label.getLabelFor() has the following syntax.

public final Node getLabelFor()

Example

In the following code shows how to use Label.getLabelFor() method.

import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.scene.Group;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.Label;
import javafx.scene.image.Image;
import javafx.scene.image.ImageView;
import javafx.scene.layout.HBox;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
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public class Main extends Application {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    launch(args);
  }

  @Override
  public void start(Stage stage) {
    Scene scene = new Scene(new Group());
    stage.setTitle("Label Sample");
    stage.setWidth(400);
    stage.setHeight(180);

    HBox hbox = new HBox();
    Image image = new Image(getClass().getResourceAsStream("labels.jpg"));
    Label label1 = new Label("Search",new ImageView(image));


    hbox.setSpacing(10);
    hbox.getChildren().add((label1));
    ((Group) scene.getRoot()).getChildren().add(hbox);

    label1.setLabelFor(hbox);
    System.out.println(label1.getLabelFor());
    stage.setScene(scene);
    stage.show();
  }
}

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