HowTo copy Text from TextFlow - javafx

Question

I have a VBox, inside multiple TextFlows. How can I make this Text selectable/ copyable?
public class ExampleController implements Initializable {
#FXML
private VBox box;
#Override
public void initialize(final URL location, final ResourceBundle resources) {
final TextFlow tf = new TextFlow();
final Text t0 = new Text("First part");
final Text t1 = new Text(", second");
final Text t2 = new Text(" and third");
t0.getStyleClass().add("first-part-styling");
t1.getStyleClass().add("second-part-styling");
t2.getStyleClass().add("third-part-styling");
tf.getChildren().addAll(t0, t1, t2);
this.box.getChildren().add(tf);
}
}
I use TextFlow and Text, since I need different styling within the same sentence.

Answer 1

You cannot, using Text, as this class is supposed to only display text. But you can use TextFieldinstead:
public class JavaFXTest extends Application {
#Override
public void start(Stage primaryStage) {
StackPane root = new StackPane();
final TextFlow tf = new TextFlow();
final Text t0 = new Text("First part");
final Text t1 = new Text(", second");
final TextField t2 = new TextField(" and third");
t2.setEditable(false);
t2.setBackground(Background.EMPTY);
t2.setFocusTraversable(false);
tf.getChildren().addAll(t0, t1, t2);
root.getChildren().add(tf);
Scene scene = new Scene(root, 300, 250);
primaryStage.setTitle("Hello World!");
primaryStage.setScene(scene);
primaryStage.show();
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
launch(args);
}
}
Edit You might take a look at
Rich-text area for JavaFX. This open source project on GitHub provides a styleable text area. Have not tried it, though...

Answer 2

try this
ObservableList<Node> nodesTextFlow = box.getChildren();
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
for (Node node : nodesTextFlow) {
ObservableList<Node> nodesText = ((TextFlow) node).getChildren();
for (Node node1 : nodesText) {
sb.append((((Text) node1).getText()));
}
}
String txt = sb.toString();