Label.labelForProperty() has the following syntax.
public ObjectProperty < Node > labelForProperty()
In the following code shows how to use Label.labelForProperty() 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; /*from www. ja v a 2 s .c o m*/ 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.labelForProperty()); stage.setScene(scene); stage.show(); } }