Java How To Program, Late Objects, 11th Edition

... wide as their content. For the leftmost column, set the Halignment property to RIGHT. For the rightmost column, set the Halignment property to CENTER.

Step 10: Configuring the GridPane

Set the GridPane’s Pref Width and Pref Height properties to USE_COMPUTED_SIZE so that it sizes itself, based on its contents. Your GUI should now appear as shown in Fig. 13.9.

Step 11: Specifying the Controller Class’s Name

To ensure that an object of the controller class is created when the app loads the FXML file at runtime, specify ColorChooserController as the controller class’s name in the FXML file as you’ve done previously.

Step 12: Generating a Sample Controller Class

Select View > Show Sample Controller Skeleton, then copy this code into a ColorChooserController.java ...