JavaFX TextArea set text from file
import java.io.File; import java.io.FileNotFoundException; import java.util.Scanner; import javafx.application.Application; import javafx.scene.Scene; import javafx.scene.control.Button; import javafx.scene.control.Label; import javafx.scene.control.ScrollPane; import javafx.scene.control.TextArea; import javafx.scene.control.TextField; import javafx.scene.layout.BorderPane; import javafx.stage.Stage; public class Main extends Application { private double paneWidth = 250; private double paneHeight = 250; @Override// w ww. j av a 2 s. c o m public void start(Stage primaryStage) { BorderPane p = new BorderPane(); p.setLeft(new Label("Filename")); TextField tfFilename = new TextField(); p.setCenter(tfFilename); Button btView = new Button("View"); p.setRight(btView); BorderPane pane = new BorderPane(); TextArea ta = new TextArea(); pane.setCenter(new ScrollPane(ta)); pane.setBottom(p); p.setStyle("-fx-border-color: black"); Scene scene = new Scene(pane, paneWidth, paneHeight); primaryStage.setTitle("java2s.com"); primaryStage.setScene(scene); primaryStage.show(); btView.setOnAction(e -> { // Get file name from the text field String filename = tfFilename.getText().trim(); try { // Create a buffered stream Scanner input = new Scanner(new File(filename)); // Read a line and append the line to the text area while (input.hasNext()) { ta.appendText(input.nextLine() + '\n'); } input.close(); } catch (FileNotFoundException ex) { System.out.println("File not found: " + filename); } catch (Exception ex) { System.out.println(ex.getMessage()); } }); } public static void main(String[] args) { launch(args); } }