How to implement a NumberField in javaFX 2.0?

Question

I need to insert a number field into my UI. So I need to check the key events on a text field in order to check whether the input character is a number. I created a class by extending TextField. If there is a method in TextField class which handles keyEvents, i can simply overide that method with suits to number field. Any ideas?

Thanks

Answer 1

Combined BaiJiFeiLong and AJAY PRAKASH solution to support decimal inputs

package com.mazeworks.cloudhms.view.components;

import javafx.beans.property.BooleanProperty;
import javafx.beans.property.IntegerProperty;
import javafx.beans.property.IntegerPropertyBase;
import javafx.beans.property.SimpleBooleanProperty;
import javafx.scene.control.TextField;

public class NumericTextField extends TextField {

    /**
     * numericOnly property if set, will allow accept only numeric input.
     */
    private BooleanProperty numericOnly = new SimpleBooleanProperty(this,
            "numericOnly", false);

    public final boolean isNumericOnly() {
        return numericOnly.getValue();
    }

    public final void setNumericOnly(boolean value) {
        numericOnly.setValue(value);
    }

    public final BooleanProperty numericOnlyProperty() {
        return numericOnly;
    }

    /**
     * maxSize property, determines the maximum size of the text that 
     can be
     * input.
     */
    public IntegerProperty maxSize = new IntegerPropertyBase(1000) {

        @Override
        public String getName() {
            return "maxSize";
        }

        @Override
        public Object getBean() {
            return NumericTextField.this;
        }
    };

    public final IntegerProperty maxSizeProperty() {
        return maxSize;
    }

    ;

    public final int getMaxSize() {
        return maxSize.getValue();
    }

    public final void setMaxSize(int value) {
        maxSize.setValue(value);
    }

    /**
     * this method is called when user inputs text into the textField
     */
    @Override
    public void replaceText(int start, int end, String text) {
        if (numericOnly.getValue() && !text.equals("")) {
            if (!text.matches("^[0-9]*\\.?[0-9]*$")) {
                return;
            }
        }
        if (getText().length() < getMaxSize() || text.equals("")) {
            super.replaceText(start, end, text);
        }
    }

    /**
     * this method is called when user pastes text into the textField
     */
    @Override
    public void replaceSelection(String text) {
        if (numericOnly.getValue() && !text.equals("")) {
            if (!text.matches("^[0-9]*\\.?[0-9]*$")) {
                return;
            }
        }
        super.replaceSelection(text);
        if (getText().length() > getMaxSize()) {
            String maxSubString = getText().substring(0, getMaxSize());
            setText(maxSubString);
            positionCaret(getMaxSize());
        }
    }
}