JavaFX Create Email Form
This is a practical tutorial in which we see how to create a beautiful email sending form using the following controls:
- ComboBox – Custom editable and non-editable comboboxes.
- TextField – To display the email subject.
- Labels – To show various captions and notification when email is sent.
- TextArea – To allow user to type the email message.
- Button – To simulate sending email when clicked.
Let’s start.
Video Tutorial
Here’s the video tutorial:
Demo
EmailForm.java
This is the only file and class we need.
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import javafx.application.Application; import javafx.event.ActionEvent; import javafx.event.Event; import javafx.geometry.Insets; import javafx.scene.Group; import javafx.scene.Scene; import javafx.scene.control.*; import javafx.scene.layout.GridPane; import javafx.scene.paint.Color; import javafx.stage.Stage; import javafx.util.Callback; public class EmailForm extends Application { final Button sendBtn = new Button("Send"); final Label notification = new Label(); final TextField subject = new TextField(""); final TextArea text = new TextArea(""); String address = " "; /** * The JavaFX Application's start() method. The enty point to JavaFX appllication. */ @Override public void start(Stage stage) { stage.setTitle("Email Form App"); Scene scene = new Scene(new Group(), 500, 270); final ComboBox emailComboBox = new ComboBox(); emailComboBox.getItems().addAll("albert.einstein@gmail.com", "janet.reny@yahoo.com", "emily.njeri@qmail.com", "harry.doyle@gmail.com", "kelly.billy@hotmail.com"); emailComboBox.setPromptText("Email address"); emailComboBox.setEditable(true); emailComboBox.setOnAction((Event ev) -> { address = emailComboBox.getSelectionModel().getSelectedItem().toString(); }); final ComboBox priorityComboBox = new ComboBox(); priorityComboBox.getItems().addAll("Highest", "High", "Normal", "Low", "Lowest"); priorityComboBox.setValue("Normal"); priorityComboBox.setCellFactory(new Callback<ListView<String>, ListCell<String>>() { @Override public ListCell<String> call(ListView<String> param) { final ListCell<String> cell = new ListCell<String>() { { super.setPrefWidth(100); } @Override public void updateItem(String item, boolean empty) { super.updateItem(item, empty); if (item != null) { setText(item); if (item.contains("High")) { setTextFill(Color.RED); } else if (item.contains("Low")) { setTextFill(Color.GREEN); } else { setTextFill(Color.BLACK); } } else { setText(null); } } }; return cell; } }); //simulate sending the email sendBtn.setOnAction((ActionEvent e) -> { if (emailComboBox.getValue() != null && !emailComboBox.getValue().toString().isEmpty()) { notification.setText("Your message was successfully sent" + " to " + address); emailComboBox.setValue(null); if (priorityComboBox.getValue() != null && !priorityComboBox.getValue().toString().isEmpty()) { priorityComboBox.setValue(null); } subject.clear(); text.clear(); } else { notification.setText("Please select a recipient first!"); } }); GridPane grid = new GridPane(); grid.setVgap(4); grid.setHgap(10); grid.setPadding(new Insets(5, 5, 5, 5)); grid.add(new Label("To: "), 0, 0); grid.add(emailComboBox, 1, 0); grid.add(new Label("Priority: "), 2, 0); grid.add(priorityComboBox, 3, 0); grid.add(new Label("Subject: "), 0, 1); grid.add(subject, 1, 1, 3, 1); grid.add(text, 0, 2, 4, 1); grid.add(sendBtn, 0, 3); grid.add(notification, 1, 3, 3, 1); Group root = (Group) scene.getRoot(); root.getChildren().add(grid); stage.setScene(scene); stage.show(); } /** * Main method. Launch our JavaFX application here. */ public static void main(String[] args) { launch(args); } } |
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